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Col. W. a. Dickerman 



Reminiscences 



OF THE 



CIVIL WAR 

FROM DIARIES OF MEMBERS 

OF THE 

103d Illinois Volunteer Infantry 
1904 

Compiled by the following Committee : 



H. H. ORENDORFF 
G. M. ARMSTRONG 
NEWTON ELLIS 
M. V. D. VOORHEES 
S. R. QUIGLEY 
C. F. MATTESON 
A. J. STUTES 



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TO THE COMRADES OF THE 103rd 

Comrades : In placing this book in your hands the duty 
of your Committee is finished. Whether it is poorly or well 
done, is for you to say. When one considers that it is more 
than thirty-nine years since we were "mustered out" of the 
service, he will realize the difficulties we labored under. 
Papers and documents that were plenty even thirty-five years 
ago are lost. We have had access to The Rebellion Records, 
General Orders, and histories of other organizations, as well 
as diaries of our own Comrades, but in many cases they did 
not agree. 

The difficulties of arriving at the truth were greater than 
one would suppose. A guarantee fund for the cost of pub- 
lication was secured from the Comrades and their Friends. As 
none of the Committee are in any degree "literary," the work 
must be a real failure in that respect, but as a record of what 
we saw, and did, it is worth all it costs. That there will be 
many errors, there can be no doubt, but we hope they will do 
no one serious injury, or injustice. It will at least show the 
few who may take the trouble to read it the part we took, 
when the Volunteer Army of the United States saved the 
Nation. 

Wishing you all, and every one, as many of the good 
things, and as few of the others, as the good God may see 
fit to give you, we remain. Yours always, 

Committee. 



INTRODUCTION. 

In the thirty-nine years that have passed since the One 
Hundred and Third Regiment, iUinois Volunteers Infantry, 
closed it's glorious record in the "War of Secession, many ef- 
forts have been made to provide a fitting history of its achieve- 
ments and the valorous deeds done beneath and for the flag 
by the officers and privates dead or living. As always, how- 
ever, "What is everybody's business is nobody's business." 
From year to year this task has lingered until the regiment's 
many men well fitted for this loving duty have passed away 
or have grown too feeble to undertake it. Also through these 
long years of delay valuable data and many sources of infor- 
mation have been lost. And now the survivors of that heroic 
and historic regiment who are the most interested in the pub- 
lication of this history are in life's afternoon. Being pos- 
sessed of a desire to see and enjoy the book in their lifetime, 
it was determined to abandon the production of a history 
proper and in its stead to place in permanent form a simple 
and unadorned Diary of the 103rd Regiment from its muster- 
ing in, in 1862, to its honorable discharge, in 1865. 

Therefore this book is unique among the thousands of War 
Histories, in that it is no history. But to those generations that 
will descend from the heroes of our Fulton County Regiment 
it will be infinitely more precious, because its pages are tran- 
scribed literally from diaries or letters written by officers and 
men during the three years they were soldiering. In these 
pages you will follow our boys by day and night from their 
homes in Fulton County to their mustering in at Peoria; in 



their quick journey to the southern seat of war; in their 
marches through heat and storms ; in fever-stricken camps, 
too often without food, clothing or water ; on the skirmish 
line and in many a battle so terrific in every aspect and so 
deadly as to shock civilization. Midst all these scenes the fol- 
lowing pages were written. They make a perfect pen-picture 
of the war, depicted on the spot from day tO' day. It has the 
boom of the cannon, the shriek of the shell and rattle of 
musketry, the shouts of the charge, the screams of the 
wounded and dying, the delirious acclaims of victory. The 
very aroma of war fills this unpretentious book as no other 
war history. 

Running through its pages are dashes of merriment ; inci- 
dents most ludicrous; acts of personal heroism that glorify the 
race, and the simple story of many a hero's death on the firing 
line that will bring sobs of pity from the hearts of children 
yet unborn. 

Because it is a flash-light of war from day to day at the 
hands of our own Fulton County soldiers, this book will be a 
precious heirloom for m.any generations in the families that 
bear the honored and militant names of the officers and men 
of our own immortal One Hundred and Third Illinois Regi- 
ment. 



THE 103rd ILLINOIS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 



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This Reg't was recruited almost entirely from Fulton County, 
under the call of President Lincoln, for 300,000 men in Au- 
gust, 1862. Nine companies were organized in different parts 
of the County, elected their Officers, took the oath to enter the 
U. S. Service, and began to drill at their respective places of 
rendezvous, until the early part of Sept., when they were 
ordered to Peoria, then a camp of instruction. They arrived 
there the 6th of the month, and organized the Reg't by elect- 
ing Amos Babcock, Col., Parley C. Stearns, Lt. Col., Capt. 
Geo. W. Wright, Major. S. S. Tipton was appointed Adj't, 
and W. A. Dickerman, Q. M. 

It had been understood with Gov. Yates, that if Fulton 
County could not secure enough men for the entire Reg't, he 
would send a company from another County. On the 28th of 
the month, when Col. Babcock, visited the Governor, it was 
seen that there were enough men to muster as a Reg't, and on 
the 2nd of October, the tenth Co. was organized and the 
Reg't was mustered into the U. S. Service by 2nd Lt. John C 
Long, U. S. A. 

The Reg't then drilled for letter of Company, and 

Capt. A. Willison's Co. of Lewistown was made Co. A. 

Capt. O. D. Carpenter's Co. of Ellisville was made Co. B. 

Capt. S. A. Stockdale's Co. of Canton was made Co. C. 

Capt. J. S. Wyckoff's Co. of Fairview was made Co. D. 

Capt. F. C. Post's Co. of Canton was made Co. E. 

Capt. W. Vandevender's Co. of Canton was made Co. F. 

Capt. C. W. Wills' Co. was made Co. G. 



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This. Co. was organized the same morning, from surplus 
men of other Co.'s. 

Capt. J. J. Hale's Co. of Lewistown was made Co. H. 

Capt. Phil. Medley's Co. of Bernadotte was made Co. I. 

Capt. Jas. A. King's Co. of Canton was made Co. K. 

On the 1 8th of Oct., Col. Babcock and Lt. Col. Stearns re- 
signed their Commissions to the Governor, never having been 
mustered into the U. S. Service. Through his great influence 
with the Gov. Col. Babcock had been able to secure for the 
Reg't a much better equipment than was generally to be had. 
Having little or no inclination for military matters he worked 
for the good of the Reg't and not for his own glory. Our 
equipment, so far as he was able to secure it, was, except as 
to arms, of the best quality. First-class arms were not to 
be had, at that time, nor for a long time afterwards. 

These resignations were filled by electing Willard A. Dick- 
erman to be Col, Major G. W. Wright to be Lt. Col., and 
Capt. A. Willison to be Major, 2nd Lt. William Mellor of Co. 
F to be O. M. S. S. Buck, First Ass't Surgeon, Jas. W. 
Van Brunt, 2nd Ass't Surgeon, and William S. Peterson, 
Qiaplain. 

The Officers of the Companies, after this rearrangement, 
were as follows : 

Co. A— Capt. W. W. Bishop, ist Lt. L C. Worley, 2nd Lt. 
H. Willison. 

Co. B — Capt. O. D. Carpenter, ist Lt. J. S. Gardner, 2nd 
Lt. William Walsh. 

Co. C — Capt. S. A. Stockdale, ist Lt. H. L. Nicholet, 2nd 
Lt. John S. Smith. 

Co. D— Capt. John S. Wyckoff, ist Lt. Ben'n. Wyckoff, 
2nd Lt. Isaac McBean. 



Co. E — Capt. Frank C. Post, ist Lt. Wm. S. Johnson, 2nd 
Lt. Chas. H. Suydam. 

Co. F — Wm. Vandevander, ist Lt. Bernard Kelly, 2nd Lt. 
Jas. H. Baily. 

Co. G — Capt. Chas. W. Wills, ist Lt. C. F. Matteson, 2nd 
Lt. John M. Dorrence. 

Co. H — Capt. James J. Hale, ist Lt. William Boyd, 2nd 
Lt. Sam'l D. Woodson. 

Co. I — Capt. Philip Medley, ist Lt. N. P. Montgomery, 
2nd Lt. Samuel H. Brown. 

Co. K — Capt. James C. King, ist Lt. Augustus B. Smith, 
2nd Lt. Aaron Amesley. 

Col. Dickerman, Lt. Col. Wright, Maj. Willison, Capts. 
Stockdale, Wills, Lts. Wyckoff, Johnson, Matteson and Walsh 
had seen service in other Reg'ts. This aided greatly in pro- 
moting the efficiency of the Reg't. 

Oct. 4th we received our Bounty and Premium, and many 
of the men were allowed to return home for a short time to 
arrange their private affairs. Drilling in all its various forms 
was vigorously carried on, as we were expecting "marching 
orders" soon. 

On the 17th of Oct. we assisted in the burial of Col. W. A. 
Thrush of the 47th 111. Inf'ty, who was killed at Corinth, 
Miss., Oct. 3, 1862. The funeral march was a long and very 
tiresome one, but the Reg't received many compliments for 
their good marching and military bearing. 

Oct. 24th, the Reg't being in fair condition for service, we 
received orders to be ready to move at a moment's warning. 
Oct. 30th such orders were received and we went aboard cars 
for Cairo, where we arrived at 6 p. m. of the 31st. 



We here drew our tents, &c., went aboard the Steamer 
Iowa, and at midnight left for Columbus, Ky., where we ar- 
rived at daylight, Nov. ist. Here we took the cars for Boli- 
var, Tenn., and with a short stop at Jackson, went on to Boli- 
var, where we arrived at 1 1 p. m. and went into Bivouac near 
the 17th 111. Infty., two companies of which, being from Ful- 
ton County, called on our boys with the usual results, that 
followed calls of old soldiers on new ones. We had made 
the trip from Peoria to this place in a little less than 52 hours, 
and were now within 18 miles of a large and well appointed 
army of the enemy. 

Nov. 3rd we were assigned to the ist Brig. — commanded by 
Col. I. Pugh of the 41st III. — 4th Div., — Gen. Veach, — and 
13th A. C, commanded by Gen. McPherson. That morning 
we started for Grand Junction, and it was, as we afterward 
found, about the worst tramp we ever had. The heat was 
intense, and the dust more than 4 inches deep in most of 
the roads. Water was scarce and hundreds of "old soldiers" 
dropped out of the line, and did not get into camp for a day 
or two. 

We reached La Grange the evening of the 4th, and went 
into camp in town. The 6th we went with the Brig, on a trip 
some ten miles South, and heard the first hostile shot we 
ever heard. Our time was fully taken up by frequent scouts, 
escort duty, &c., till the 28th, when, with the army designed 
by Gen. Grant for the capture of Vicksburg, we moved south, 
and on the ist of Dec. passed through Holly Springs, and 
the next day went to and camped near Waterford, Miss. 

December nth the regimental headquarters were moved to 
Waterford and Companies B, H, I, G, E and K were stationed 
on the railroad with orders to fortify and protect the bridges. 



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We remained here till the 31st, when we were ordered to 
Jackson, Tenn., went aboard cars and arrived at Jackson 
at daylight the ist of January, 1863. Co, G was detailed to 
escort the wagon train. 

On the 3rd of this month Capt. Jas. C King of Co. K died. 
First Lt. A. B. Smith was appointed Capt. and 2nd Lt. A. 
Amesley was appointed ist Lt. of the Co. At Jackson we 
were assigned to the 2nd Brig. 2nd Div. of the i6th Army 
Corps, Col. Dunham commanding. Drill and the usual duties 
of camp filled up the time till the nth of March, when we 
were sent by rail to La Grange and assigned to the 2nd Brig, 
ist Div. 1 6th Army Corps, commanded by Col. J. M. Corse 
of the 6th Iowa. 

The Brig, consisted of the 6th Iowa, the 40th 111., 46th 
Ohio, 15th Mich, and the 103rd 111. 

These regiments (with the exception of the 15th Mich., 
which was afterward transferred to the 2nd Div. 15th Army 
Corps, and the addition of others as time passed), constituted 
the 2nd Brig, of the old 4th Div. 15th Army Corps and were 
transferred to the ist Div., when the Corps was reorganized 
after the fall of Atlanta, and until they were mustered out at 
Louisville, Ky., in June, 1865. 

We remained at La Grange following the regular line of 
duties, until the 17th of April, when with the garrison (ex- 
cept Cos. A, F, C and I), we, under the command of Gen. W. 
Sooy Smith, started out as "escort" to the "Grierson 
Raid," marched to Holly Springs and Waterford, turning 
to the right until we arrived at CoUiersville. We were gone 
nine days, and only took three days' rations. After leaving 
Waterford we were ordered to mount ourselves, as soon as 
possible, and it was done the first day. Our Command of 



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about 1, 800 men made as much fuss as 10,000 men ought to, 
so that Grierson was able to make several days' march without 
trouble. 

April 29th Companies A and F were ordered to Porter's 
Creek on the M. C. R. R. to guard wood yard and water tank. 
It is about fifteen miles from Grand Junction. May 14th we 
received four months' pay. The following is from the diary 
of Lt. I. C. Worley, regarding the 22nd of May: 

"May 22, '63. Sent out four scouts ("night hawks") who 
are union citizens that are staying with us, to see if they could 
discover Guerillas. They were attacked about one mile from 
camp; two of them were thrown from their horses. They all 
succeeded in getting away without being hurt, two of them 
returned to camp, and the other two followed the Guerillas 
four miles tO' where they put up for the night. One of the 
scouts (Green Treese) lay in ambush, while the other (Tobe 
Treese), returned to camp, a distance of five miles, over bad 
roads, and gave the particulars. Capt. Bishop took about 30 
men and 8 "night hawks" and went quietly to the house 
where the Guerillas were. 

Lts. Kelly and Worley were of the party under Capt. Bishop. 
We arrived at the house at midnight, and got within 30 or 40 
feet of the house before we were discovered, then rushed up 
double quick and fired a volley through the (frame) house, 
under the line of window sills and near the floor ; a lively little 
battle followed in the dark. We had the house surrounded, 
fired at will and kept up a continued fire for several minutes, 
we then rushed in the house. 

We killed 3 on the ground and badly wounded 7, took 
5 prisoners and 4 got away, 19 in all. Some of those that 



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got away were wounded. Three of those wounded and cap- 
tured died in a short time. 

Our party did not get a scratch, but some had very close 
calls. 

There were 2 women and one negro man in the house, but 
they were not hurt. After taking the wounded and dead out 
of the house we burned it, leaving them on the ground _,and 
took the prisoners who were not wounded to camp with us, 
returning in the morning with a wagon for the wounded. We 
captured 13 good guns, 7 revolvers, 11 horses and saddles, 
&c. 

Old Sol. Street, the Capt. of this gang, got away with noth- 
ing but shirt and drawers on, bareheaded and barefooted." 

Headquarters, ist Division, i6th Army Corps. 

Lagrange, Tenn., May 25, 1863. 

General Orders, ) 
No. 87. j 

The General Commanding the ist Division, takes this 
means of bringing tO' the notice of the entire command, the 
meritorious conduct of a detachment of the 103d Ills., under 
command of Capt. Wm. W. Bishop, stationed at Porter's 
Creek. 

On the night of the 22d inst., information reached Capt. 
Bishop that the notorious guerrilla band under the command 
of Sol. Street, was encamped within three miles of his station. 
He started immediately, with his little command at a double 
quick through the brush, and succeeded in completely surpris- 
ing the guerrillas; killing three, wounding six and capturing 
six prisoners. Loss on our side, in the Captain's own lan- 
guage, "Not a scratch." 



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This is to be regarded as an earnest of the glory that awaits 
the 103d. And it is held up for imitation by our troops when- 
ever opportunities like this may present themselves to any of 
them. 

A copy of this order will be sent to each Officer, Non-Com- 
missioned Officer and Private, who participated in the sur- 
prise. 

By order of 

Brig. Gen. Wm. S. Smith, 

Commanding ist Division. 
W. H. Harland^ 

A. A. A. G. 

June 2nd the entire Reg't was placed on the R. R. as 
guard against the Guerillas, who were very active. 

The 5th of June we all received orders to get on the train 
and go to Memphis, where we arrived early the 6th, and 
camped near the city. 

On the next day we were placed on Str. Henry Von Phul, 
with the /|Oth 111., bound for Vicksburg. We were escorted 
much of the route by Naval War Vessels, as the Rebs. were 
quite active along the river. 

On the nth we arrived at Haine's or Snyder's Bluffs, and 
marched up the river some two or three miles and estab- 
lished a camp. 

June 22nd, having spent more than a week in forti- 
fying the hills, we next went out to Oak Ridge, 8 or 9 miles 
east, and did likewise. While at the "Bluffs" we were at- 
tached to the 9th A. C, Gen. J. G. Parks commanding. 

The trials and tribulations of the troops while in this part 
of the world can not be described. 



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The water of the Yazoo River is supposed toi be the most 
unhealthy water in the United States. A steamboat captain 
has been heard to say: "If a man drinks the river water a 
week he will have a sandbar in him half a mile long," The 
inhabitants of that section of the country wall under nO' cir- 
cumstances drink or use in any way the well or spring water 
that may be found, but depend entirely on rain water. 

The Indian word "Yazoo" is said to mean "the river of 
death" or its equivalent. A camp kettle of water from what 
was thought to be a good spring from the bluffs, would, if 
allowed to stand in the sun for an hour, have a deposit of 
some kind quite half an inch deep. We have since been 
astonished that the entire Command was not swept off the 
earth. 

We remained at Oak Ridge till the 4th of July, watching 
that Gen. Johnston did not try to relieve Gen. Pemberton. 
After the surrender at Vicksburg we went toi the Black River 
to try conclusions with Gen. Johnston, but with no satisfac- 
tory success. 

At Oak Ridge we had lived much better than while at the 
Bluffs, as wild blackberries were quite thick, and of the finest 
quality. Still many of the men were taken down with stomach 
troubles. 

Vicksburg being surrendered, we started at 4 p. m. for 
Black River, distant about 9 miles. Camped about a mile 
from the river, and the next morning marched to the west 
bank of the river, where we met the Rebs, they on the east 
bank and we on the west. Again blackberries were plenty,, 
and the men were willing to take some chances tO' get them. 
The day was spent in trying to find a place to cross, but with no 



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result. The skirmish hne was withdrawn at 9 p. m., and upon 
returning to the camp we found the entire Div. drawn up 
in column of division, ready to move to the front, the 103rd 
in advance. 

On reaching the river a halt -was made, and some tall men 
from Go. A. were ordered to reconnoiter the ford, but did 
not get more than a few feet from the bank when they found 
from 6 to 8 feet of water, and the river from 4 to 6 rods wide. 
The men were ordered back, and the Div. to its former 
position. Gen. W. S. Smith on learning the condition of the 
supposed ford, ordered Maj. Willison with a detail of 50 
men to go forward and improvise a crossing, saying, he "must 
cross his Div. at daylight, and that he, Maj. W., must pre- 
pare the way to cross, by felling trees into the river as a foun- 
dation, and filling in with whatever might be found available." 

Dividing the detail, so that part could work, and the others 
keep guard, they attacked a tall tree near the bank, and it 
was soon in the water, but it did not reach much more than 
half across. On going out on the fallen tree he saw another 
one on the opposite bank which he thought would complete 
the job. As the enemy had not annoyed him in the first part 
of the work, the Maj. concluded that they might have fallen 
back, so he concluded to find out how it was. 

Preparing to go across, Joe. Weston, of Go. I, asked him. 
what he was going to do? Swim across the river, said the 
Maj. Then I will go with you said Joe., and in they went. 
The Gol. coming down to see how they were getting along, 
asked who it was in the river. Being told, he called to them 
to return, but they kept on their course, the Maj. saying I 
am going over the river. The hell } ou are, come back. When 



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across the river the Col. again called to him that the east 
bank was very steep and high, with a bad ledge just above 
the water. Climbing up to this ledge he ran along the bank 
to the tree he so much wanted to cut, when he found a "full 
grown" Johnnie behind it wits" a musket within two feet of 
his head. The cap exploded, but the gun did not. He also 
heard the clicking of numerous other gims, which convinced 
him that he was not wanted on that shore, so- he took a dive 
for it, not stopping for further requests, came safely to 
our side of the river. The work was discontinued and in the 
morning we moved about a mile up the river, and soon 
crossed. We then marched down the east bank of the river 
and camped at Bowen, a small station on the V. and Jackson 
R. R. Here in the densest woods, and darkest night, we had 
ever experienced, we witnessed and felt the most terrific 
thunder storm that one could imagine. We remained here 
all the 7th and camped the night of the 8th about 25 miles 
from Jackson. 

On this march we suffered greatly from want of water. 
Wells and cisterns having failed, we were compelled to use 
water from pools, in nearly all of which the Rebs. had killed 
a mule or some other animal, so that to use the water was 
victuals as well as drink. 

The nth we completed the investment of Jackson, and 
were stationed near the State Lunatic Asylum. We remained 
here till the morning of the 17th, digging and otherwise as- 
sisting at the entertainment, when it was found that Gen. 
Johnston had withdrawn, much to our disgust. 

Many of the best buildings of the city, both public and 
private, had been set on fire and were destroyed. Our foragers 



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here were very successful in getting plenty of green com, and 
very fine peaches. Soon after the news of the evacuation got 
around the Col., Maj. and some other officers, thinking their 
horses would like a drink of decent water, went out east to 
Pearl River, and ran onto part of the enemy's ''rear guard."" 
The Col. lost his horse by an unlucky- shot. 

They returned to camp suddenly. 

The 2 1st we were changed from the i6th A. C. (tempo- 
rarily with the 9th A. C), to the 15th A. C, Gen. Sherman 
commanding. 

July 23rd we started on our return toward Vicksbiirg^ 
starting at 3 a. m., and , after a most cruel and hot march, 
camped a mile north of Clinton. At one of the "rests" only 
43 men stacked arms when we halted. The 24th was only 
a repetition of yesterday as to heat, and want of water. We 
had revelle at i a. m., but did not get away till 4. Many 
men did not get into camp in time to start with the command 
the next morning. On the 25th crossed Black River, and 
went into camp on a hill about i mile west of Messenger's 
Ferry, and established "Camp Sherman." 

The Maj. was ordered to proceed to Haines's Bluff and 
bring up our sick, camp and garrison equipage, which we 
had not seen since leaving that place, on the 22nd of 
June. We did not have even a tent-fly, for any purpose.. 
Those men who were not able to stand the trip to Camp Sher- 
man were sent aboard the Hospital Boats, and sent North or 
to some other Hospital. The sick at the Bluff's were many 
more than the "present for duty." 

The 30th we had our camp fairly well arranged, and in a 
nice shady place; though the water was not very good, it was 



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a great improvement on what we had had before this time. 
The Reg't here bought a "Bake Oven" and we had "Soft 
Bread" for all that wanted it, as all did. We got fresh meat 
and dried fruit from the Commissary, and some things fromi 
the Sutler. Co. F. was here detailed to care for the Div. 
Commissary, and in a few days we began to see an improve- 
ment in the general health. At one time there was only two 
Com. officers fit for duty in the entire Reg't. One Co. 
with 53 men present, had 23 excused by the Dr. Another 
on the 17th of Aug. had only 11 for duty, and one 12. Most 
of the entire Div. was in the same condition. 

An order had been issued allowing 20% of the men to go 
home, and the same to the Com'd officers, and all that could 
do so went. 

Transportation was furnished to their homes, and we soon 
began to feel like men again. The duty at Camp Sherman 
was as light as could be made, only requiring enough for 
proper exercise and good health. 

Aug. 5th, Col. J. M. Corse of the 6th Iowa, having been 
promoted to be a Brigadier Gen'l., was placed in Command 
of our Div. 

On or about the loth of Sept. preparations for the fall 
campaign began. Companv and Battalion drills were frequent, 
and things began to take on the old-time conditions. The Brig, 
went on a scout across Black River, the 20th most likely to keep 
the men in good marching condition. Sept. 25th we received 
orders to move to the relief of the Army of the Cumberland 
at Chattanooga. The sick were taken to Vicksburg, either by 
ambulance or on the cars, and on the 28th at 3 o'clock p. m.^ 
we marched out from Camp Sherman, cheered by the pros- 



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pect of getting into a more healthful climate with better water. 
Marched 9 miles and camped on Clear Creek. Roads very- 
dusty and hot. Started the next morning at 4 a. m., and 
reached Vicksburg at 10 o'clock, in the rain. 

With the 40th, we were assigned to the Marine Boat Diana, 
and on the next morning, Oct. ist, 3 companys of the 6th 
Iowa, also came aboard and we dropped back down the river, 
and headed up stream, without a regret, except for our Com- 
rades who had already gone, or who will never return. Our 
Brig, being in the advance, stopped at Griffin's Landing, 75 
miles above Vicksburg, and obtained a large quantity of cord 
wood, which we hauled to the river bank, for the use of the 
rest of the fleet, when it should arrive, which it did the 5th. 
While here we "cramped" a good lot of fresh meat and wild 
honey. The Div. having arrived we went aboard our boat, 
and headed for Memphis, our boat again taking the lead. The 
weather was delightful, and everybody in fine spirits, except 
the sick, several of whom we still had. 

On the 7th when about a mile below Helena, Ark., our 
boat struck a sand-bar, but they backed it ofT, and steered 
for the Arkansas shore. We landed, also taking our horses 
and mules, which so relieved the boat that she passed over 
the bar all right. We remained at Helena all night. 

The 8th, we were landed on the Miss, shore, and marched 
up on that shore, but the boat was still unable to pass the 
bars, so we returned to Helena, and transferred our animals 
and other baggage to the Ster. Ella, and marched up to Island 
No. 60, when we again went aboard the steamer and pulled out 
for Memphis, which place we reached the morning of the nth 
at 9 A. M. The Col., having returned from a leave of absence 



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the 4th, had succeeded in getting New Springfield Rifles for 
the Reg't; we turned over the old ones we had been using 
(they were Cal. .69), and at 11:20 o'clock we marched out 
of Memphis, for the east. We made Colliersville that night 
(15 miles), in a quick march, as the Reb. Gen. Chalmers had 
been trying to capture that place. 

We followed Chalmers, as far as Mt. Pleasant (12 miles) 
and camped. Our advance having been fired on, from the 
houses, the citizens were required to take the "Oath of Allegi- 
ance," to the United States or have their houses burned. Many 
declined to take the oath, and the consequences followed. But 
few houses remained. On the 14th, we reached La Grange, 
where we camped for the night. The 15th, we camped near 
Porters Creek, where Cos. A. and F. had had their little 
"bout" with Sol. Street, last May. One of the "Night 
Hawks" (Tobe Treese), who had assisted at that entertain- 
ment, was waiting beside the road, and when we came up 
told us that the Band was all broken up, most of them being 
dead, and all the others beside him had gone away. His 
cousin Green, was dead. 

The night of the 15th, we camped near Pocahontas, but 
the roads were so bad that the wagon train did not get up 
till next day. 

The 17th, we passed through Corinth, and camped a little 
distance east, in a very bad swamp, which, as the tents 
did not arrive till near midnight, made it a most uncomfort- 
able night, perhaps, the most so, that we ever experienced. 

The next day we struck out for luka, about 18 miles dis- 
tant, arriving the 19th, and went into camp in the north 
part of town. While here we were paid by Maj. Tilden, on 



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the 22nd, transferred some men to the Invalid Corps, and re- 
fitted as well as could be done, though not as we should have 
been. Q. M. Mellor was here made Brig. Q. M., and Lt. 
Matteson of Co. G, was made A. R. Q. M. 

The 27th, we started for Eastport on the Tenn. river, and 
crossed it on any kind of boats, marched about 4 miles 
and camped. Eastport is about 30 miles south of Pittsburg 
Landing. The country between here and Florence, is very 
hilly and broken, but with the best water we have had, and 
since cur trip in Miss., it is doing more to hasten the recovery 
of the men than anything else. 

We arrived at Florence the afternoon of the 30th, remain- 
ing till the p. M. of the 3rd of Nov., when we again "lit out" 
for the east ; the afternoon of the 4th we tried to cross 
Elk River but finding the water too deep, turned N. E. 
toward Rogersville, and camped for the night. We had 
marched 18 miles over a rough and stony road. During the 
day our advance had captured a drove of fine hogs (156) 
bound for the Confed. Commissary, but they never reached 
that destination. The 5th, 6th and 7th, by easy marches, we 
arrived at Fayetteville. Here we repaired our wagons, shod 
some horses, and continued our march toward Winchester. 
Quarter rations were here issued for the first time, our for- 
agers furnishing "the rest." The nth we passed Winchester 
and camped near Cowan, on the N, & C. R. R. 

The next day passed over a spur of the Cumberland Mts., 
passing through the towns of Anderson and Stevenson ; 
arrived at Bridgeport the evening of the 15th. While enroute 
from luka Gen. Corse made an attempt to mount the Brigade, 
and enough horses were picked up to mount the 15th Mich., 



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and two Cos. of the 103rd, Cos. C. and G. under Capt, Wills, 
of Co. G., which were then detached from the Reg't. and 
did not rejoin it again till the last of Dec. at ScottsborO', 
Alabama. 

At Bridgeport, we again reduced our baggage and prepared 
for more active service. On the 17th, at 7 a. m., with the 
usual "3 days' rations in the haversack and 40 rounds in the 
Cartridge box," crossed the Tenn. River on a pontoon bridge, 
marched S. E. till we reached Sand Mt., and camped about 
7 miles from Trenton, Ga. We had been in the States of 
Ala., Tenn. and Ga. in one day. 

The 1 8th, we descended the Mt. to Trenton, the roads very 
steep and rocky, so' much so that the trains could not follow 
us. Camped at Trenton. Lookout Mt. was in plain view, 
and from the number of signal lights seen, it was well gar- 
risoned. 

On the 19th, our Brig, under Gen. Corse, marched up Look- 
out Valley to the mouth of McNares' Cove, crossed Lookout 
Creek and marched to the head of the Cove, where we en- 
countered some of the enemy's Cav'y, which left when our 
12 pound gims announced our approach. We camped at 
the Cove at the base of the mountain. We were now between 
two steep Mountains, with only two openings, one toward 
the enemy, and the other by which we had come, our Brig, 
much nearer the enemy than our own Army. The Maj. with 
3 Cos. of the 103rd was placed on a road about 2 miles from 
the camp, and though it was cold and raining they built no 
fires, but watched the signal lights of the enemy and those 
of our men in camp, which seemed to them to be the entire 
15th A. C. Enough drums and bugles sounded to justify 



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that opinion. At daylight the morning of the 2ist, the 
3 Cos. were ordered to join the Command, which set off 
at the same time, but as the rain had swollen the streams, it 
was very difficult for the men to go at all rapidly. Repeated 
orders from Gen. Corse to make better time could not help 
them, but they finally joined the Reg't' and camped 5 miles 
north of Trenton. The roads were badly cut up by the 
Artillery and trains. 22nd. At 7 130, we again took up our 
line of march, and at 2 o'clock arrived at Wauhatchie — the 
first station west of Chattanooga — where knapsacks were 
loaded on the wagons, 3 days' rations, to be cooked when the 
opportunity came, and 100 rounds of ammunition, to each 
man. We then marched to the Tenn. River, and crossed on 
a pontoon bridge, at Brown's Ferry, going behind Walden's 
Ridge, hidden from the view of the enemy. We reached our 
Camp at 12, midnight. 

The 23rd we remained here all day, taking a good rest. 

The 1st Div. of the 15th A. C, Commanded by Gen. Oster- 
haus, had not been able to cross the river, owing to the pon- 
toon bridge having been broken, so we had but two Divs., the 
2nd, commanded by Gen. Morgan L. Smith, and the 4th, by 
Gen. Hugh Ewing. 

During the 23rd, Gen. Smith had placed pontoons in the 
Little Chickamauga — a small stream flowing from the north 
side of the Tenn., and at night they were floated down into 
the Tenn. by the 8th Mo. Inf'ty. till they reached the place 
selected for the crossing. Carefully landing on the Southern 
shore they captured all of the enemy's pickets, and began 
ferrying the Div. across. Other troops immediately began to 
fortify the north shore, and placed all our Att'y behind works, 



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while those across built a strong line of rifle pits, so that by 
daylight we had no fear of serious trouble. We learned later 
that the enemy did not know we had crossed till afternoon. 
When enough men had been crossed, the boats were placed in 
the bridge, and the entire two Divs. crossed over, and finished 
a good strong work, large enough for the entire command. 
A Div. of the 14th A. C. had been sent to replace the ist Div., 
which had been compelled to remain on the other side of the 
river. They had joined Gen. Hooker, and assisted to take 
Lookout Mt. the next day. 

Everything being ready, at i p. m., the line went forward. 
Our Brig, on the left of our Div. and the 2nd Div. on our 
left, with Gen. Jeff. C. Davis, of the 14th A, C, occupying 
the extreme left of the Army. Gen. Howard, with the nth 

A. C., being on the right of the 15th. 

Moving forward a mile or less, we came in contact with 
the enemy's picket line, at the base of the northern hill, of 
Missionary Ridge. This hill was quite steep, and heavily tim- 
bered. Brushing their pickets aside, we went to the top of 
the hill, in short order. Having occupied the hill the 103rd 
drew the guns of the ist Mo. Battery, commanded by Lieut. 

B. M. Callinder, up the hill by hand, and soon had them 
ready for work in answer to a Reb. battery on the next hill, 
which was heavily fortified. This was the hill under which 
the R. R. tunnel passed, and was known as "Tunnel Hill." 
A few well directed shells from our Battery sent the Rebs 
back tO' cover, and the Brig, immediately began to fortify the 
hill, which being done, we lay down to rest, knowing it would 
be warm work for us in the morning. 

We could hear the heavy artillery as it was being used all 



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the way from Lookout Mt. and the cheering of different com- 
mands, as plainly as if much nearer. 

The 25th. Before daylight we were up and ready for the 
coming conflict. Having taken our coffee and ''hard tack," 
we did not have to wait long. Soon after 6 we advanced down 
the hill, crossed a narrow valley and began the ascent i)f 
Tunnel Hill, which was also very heavily timbered. Here, 
our advance encountered the enemies' skirmish line, and 
drove them back to their main line on top of the hill. This 
brought us in plain sight of their main fortified line, only 
about 400 yards distant, their first line being only half as far. 

Our line was formed just below the crest of the ridge, and 
here we remained till about 11 a. m. while preparations were 
being made for the assault. The Brig, was formed with the 
103rd on the right, the 6th Iowa, and 46th Ohio to our 
left, the 40th 111. thrown forward as skirmishers. 

Before we advanced. Gen. Corse ordered Maj. Willison to 
take 3 Cos. of the 103rd and deploy them about 30 paces in 
rear of the 40th III, thus making a double skirmish line, with 
orders that when the "Charge" is sounded, move rapidly to 
the front, and halt for nothing, but go directly into the en- 
emies' works, and that he would support him with the entire 
command. 

The other Reg'ts of the Brig, having enlisted in 1861, and 
been in the Battles of Ft. Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, and many 
other smaller ones, in '61 and 2, had often suggested that the 
103rd had only "come in to escape the draft, wear the uni- 
form, eat the rations, and walk along with them, but when 
it came to fighting, the old Regt's would have to do that." 

Many of the 103rd thought when they were marched out 



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to support the Gallant "old 40th," the time has now come 
when we can show you and all other "old Soldiers" that the 
103rd is composed of as good material as the 40th, or any 
other Reg't in this or any other Brig. 

The question was asked the men, shall we do it? and they 
answered, "You lead and we will follow. The bugle sounded 
the "Charge," and with a whoop and cheer our men sprang 
forward, receiving a terrible fire from the enemy, of both in- 
fantry and artillery as they passed through and beyond the 
40th, carrying the outer line of the enemies' works, and 
to within a few feet of their main line. Dropping behind 
trees, stumps, rocks, or anything that would shield them from 
the enemies' fire, there waited the promised support, which 
never came. 

Finally, the "recall" was sounded, and they made their way 
down the steep hill as best they could, but leaving many of 
their Comrades who' had been killed or wounded. Below the 
crest of the Ridge, Gen. Corse having been wounded in the 
first assault. Col. C. C. Walcutt assumed command of the 
Brig., and reforming it, advanced determined to break the 
line and carry the enemies' work, but it could not be done. 
This being a most important position in the enemies' line, 
Gen. Bragg had reinforced it to the depletion of his center, 
and so enabled Gen. Thomas to capture much of that line. 

The enemy out numbering us nearly twO' to one, and being 
behind strong works, and having two batteries of Artillery 
bearing on the line of our approach, the attempt to take the 
hill was abandoned. The loss of the Brig, had been very 
great in the two assaults, the 103rd suffering heavily. The 
three Cos., A., F. and B., being on the skirmish line, of course. 



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suffered most. Many of the killed and wounded fell within 
50 feet of the Rebel works, and some of them were riddled 
with canister and musket balls. A member of Co, F., Joe S. 
Walters, getting a little too near^ a lean, lank, hungry-looking 
Johnie Sergt. jumped over the works and demanded of him, 
"gime that gun, and come in hur, you d — d yankee coward." 
Joe replied, "Here, take the gun, it ain't worth a cuss any- 
way." It had been hit with a bullet, and was bent and spoiled; 
at this time a little Corporal sprang over the works and 
grabbed Joe's other arm and with much bluster and many 
big oaths, ordered that ''you come over here, you Yankee 
coward," but Isaac Harn and another Comrade were just at 
the right, and heard the conversation. Harn gave the big 
Sergt. the contents of his gun, bringing him to the ground, 
and Joe gave the little Corporal a blow that brought him to 
the ground and turning, ran down the hill under a shower of 
bullets, escaping with the loss of one finger. Harn was killed 
soon afterward. He was a fine soldier and had few equals 
as a man. 

The three Companies were recalled and those who were able 
formed on the Color line, occasionally reminding the Rebs. 
that we were still alive and in business at the old stand. We 
could hear the battle on our right and the cheers of our troops 
under Thomas as they drove the enemy from their works that 
they had left so thinly occupied, in order to strengthen their 
position in our front. This he was obliged to do in order : : 
protect his depot of supplies at Chickamauga Station and 
cover his line of retreat. 

After dark, we gathered up our dead and wounded, 
sending the last to the hospital. A trench having been pre- 



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pared we wrapped the dead in their blankets and tenderly laid 
them away. 

During the night we kept up a fairly active skirmishing, un- 
til about 3 o'clock of the 26th, when the replies being quite 
few, it was found that the enemy had withdrawn from our 
front and were in retreat. 

Of the 236 of the Reg't who went into the action (Cos. C 
and G being on duty in northern Ala.), 92 were either killed 
or wounded. Capt. Walsh of Co. B was killed within 50 
feet of the enemies' works, as were a number of men. The 
dead who' fell near the works were all robbed of their watches 
and other valuables, as well as their shoes. 

After these duties were finished we marched with the Brig. 
in pursuit of Bragg's Army, which fell back in the direction 
of Dalton. We marched about 10 miles and camped at Gray- 
ville, fighting at all points that might give him any advantage. 
A goodly number of prisoners were taken, as well as much 
war material. 

We remained at Grayville till the morning of the 29th, when 
we started for Knoxville for the relief of Gen. Burnside, who 
was closely pressed by Longstreet, and who needed help very 
badly. We went into camp near Cleveland, having marched 
nearly 25 miles, in a cold, drizzling rain. There was quite a 
Union sentiment here, and a number of "Stars and Stripes" 
were displayed and were heartily cheered by our boys. 

Dec. I St. Marched 18 miles and camped near Athens. 

Dec. '2nd. Marched 20 miles and camped near Philadel- 
phia. The nights were now quite cold and being without 
tents, and few with more than one blanket, we were compelled 
to draw pretty heavily on the rail fences near our camp at 
night. 



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Dec. 5th. Marched at 7 a. m., ground frozen hard enough 
to bear a horse, and soon reached the Little Tenn. river at 
Morgantown, but as there was no bridge we rested till about 
3 p. M., when all the mounted men of the Brig, were ordered 
to report to Maj. Willison of the 103rd and were sent up the 
Little Tenn. about 1 1 miles to see if there was not a ford that 
might be used wnth advantage. There was only 13 of these 
men, as the regular "foragers" had not returned to camp at 
that hour. 

Having the company of Chaplain Massey of the 40th, who 
had volunteered to act as Chaplain to the expedition, we set 
out at 3 130 almost on the heels of the Reb. Cav'y which had 
been on the same road less than 3 hours before. Soon 2 of 
the men were returned to camp as their horses were not able 
to make the trip. Nearing a barn the Chaplain saw a fine 
mule, which was better than the one he rode, so he made a 
"boss" trade, and later was much pleased with his swap. The 
owner was not present at the time. After trying at several 
places they were not able to find a crossing place, and with the 
following fruits, they returned to camp at 11 p. m. A mail 
carrier with a good sized bag with 2 or 300 letters from Long- 
street to Bragg at Dalton (turned over to Gen. Sherman), 2 
Confed. Cav'ymen with arms, &c., all complete. 3 mules be- 
sides the Chaplain's. The engineers had begun a bridge while 
they were away and in the morning, Dec. 5th, the Brig, 
marched through Morgantown, and at night camped at 
Marysville, 17 miles, through mud and rain. MarySville is 16 
miles from Knoxville, the objective point of our trip. We 
here learned that Gen. Longstreet had raised the siege, and 
was making good time for Va. Our supplies being very much 
depleted, we remained only one day at Marysville, and the 



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7th set out on our return to Chattanooga. The weather was 
very cold; the ground was frozen enough to carry the 
20-pound Parrots, without any trouble. Water froze in our 
canteens, and it was not quite comfortable. 

Camped near Morgantown and on the 8th crossed on our 
bridge there, and passed over the Tellico plains, and by the 
Tellico Iron Works. 

We were obliged to depend on the country entirely for our 
subsistence, as we had consumed all we had brought with us. 
The ration we got here was generally pork, corn bread and 
whatever else we could get. To-day we passed within 15 
miles of North Carolina, and about 75 miles from Chat- 
tanooga. Marched 15 miles and camped near Madisonville, 
said tO' be the worst "Secesh" town in Tenn. The Rebs. cap- 
tured some of our foragers, so we were on "short rations." 
Elijah J. Stevenson died here and was buried the morning of 
the loth near our camp. 

On the loth we marched west 14 miles and camped near 
Athens, where we remained till the 14th, doing a good deal of 
family washing, which was much needed, as we had been 
very busy for nearly a whole month, and the natural conse- 
quences followed. There were many deaths while in that 
camp, but no one mourned. The weather was very bad 
and we made use of whatever we could get to make 
shelters to protect ourselves from the rain. The 14th we 
marched 15 miles and camped on the Hiawassee River near 
Charlestown. Here the Q. M. of the Brig., Lt. Mellor of 
103rd, issued a lot of captured tobacco to those who v/anted it. 
It was a real treat. On the 15th we marched 15 miles and 
camped near Cleveland. Roads were very bad and cut up by 
the Artillery and Ordnance trains. The i6th marched 15 



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miles and camped near Ooltewah, the men walking on the R. 
R. track, and the mounted men and officers taking the wagon 
road, which runs parallel with the R. R. from here to Hunts- 
ville, Ala. 

The night of the 17th we camped near the battlefield of Mis- 
sionary Ridge, and about two miles from Chattanooga. Many 
of the men visited the battlefield of Nov. 25th and brought 
some souvenirs from it. We did not remain any longer at 
Chattanooga than was absolutely necessary, as we knew there 
was nothing there that was needed for our comfort, but 
hastened on toward Bridgeport, Ala., where our trains and 
tents were waiting for us. We arrived there the p. m. of the 
19th, and went into camp, and for the first time in more than 
a month had a comfortable rest. Since we left here the 17th 
of last month we had had no chance to obtain clothing of 
any kind, and as a consequence many of the men were abso- 
lutely barefooted, and had been for many days. They had 
marched over stones, and frozen ground with, in some cases, 
nothing but part of a shoe or even the sole of one, with a rag 
torn from their blankets to keep them from the frozen ground. 
We were here paid off in the best time that we ever made. A 
little more than 2 hours for the 8 Cos. 

Dec. 7th. Gen. Logan was placed in command of our 
Corps (15th). This Order was issued while near Knoxville, 
but was not generally known to the command till this time. 
The 24th we again took up our line of march, and camped 
near Stevenson, Ala., about noon of that day. We spent our 
Christmas there, and the next morning in a disagreeable rain 
we started for Scottsboro, Ala., where we expected to "go 
into winter quarters." This delay at Stevenson was most dis- 
astrous in all respects, as the rain caused the streams to over- 



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flow their banks, and in consequence we were more than 3 
days in reaching Scottsboro, a distance of about 20 miles. 
The Reg't never was in such a demorahzed condition as 
on that march, some of the men did not get into camp for 
3 days. We were assigned a camping place about half 
a mile S. E. of town and soon began to build our winter 
palaces. The rain of the last part of the week had turned to 
snow, and before it stopped there was from 8 to 10 inches of 
good cold snow on the ground. The natives were certain that 
we had brought it with us as we were used to that kind of 
winter. In addition it became very cold, so much so that the 
teams had no trouble in going over anything. Cos. C and G 
here rejoined the Reg't. We immediately began to make 
good quarters, by cutting down nearly all the big trees, and 
splitting them so as to make houses 4 feet high, with the tent 
on top, and putting chimneys and other articles of comfort, 
such as bedsteads, chairs and tables, all home made, we were 
soon fairly well fixed for comfort. The camp itself was 
cleared of brush and all things not wanted, and in a few days 
it was almost home for us. The duties were not very heavy, 
little more than for our own purposes, and altogether we had 
quite a comfortable time. 

Company F was again detailed to the care of the Div. 
Commissary. Gen. H. Ewing was relieved of the Com- 
mand of the Div. and Gen. W. Harrow, late of the Army of 
the Potomac, was assigned to the Command. He was a poor 
disciplinarian, but a good fighter. He introduced the "Poto- 
mac Horse," as a means of correction, when it was needed 
(according to his views) and it was vastly amusing, as well 
as offensive to the Command, when any one had to ride the 
animal. Lt. Col. Wright was made A. A. I. Gen. of the Div. 
and Capt. Geo. J. Wilkinson of Co. B was made A. A. A. 



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Gen. of the Div. Lt. Worley of Co. A was detailed as Adj't 
of the Reg't during the absence of Adj't Wagstaff. 

The snow being so deep and the weather so cool many of 
the men made sleighs, which were the first the natives ever 
saw, and gave them the first sleigh ride they ever had, the 
ladies being the most frequently invited. The snow remained 
on the ground more than two weeks, a thing never known 
before in that country. 

Soon after our arrival at Scottsboro the following General 
Orders were received and read on Parade : 

Headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi, 

In the Field, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 8th, 1863. 

General Orders, ) 
No. 7. \ 

The General Commanding takes great pleasure in publish- 
ing to the brave Armies under his command, the following 
telegraphic dispatch just received from the President of the 

United States : — 

"Washington, Dec. 8th, 1863. 

To Major General Grant: — Understanding that your 
lodgement at Chattanooga and at Knoxville is now secure, I 
wish to tender you, and all under your command, my more 
than thanks, my profoundest gratitude, for the skill, courage 
and perseverance with which you and they, over so great diffi- 
culties, have effected that important object. God bless you 

all! 

A. Lincoln." 

By Order of Major General U. S. Grant : 

T. S. Bowers, 

Assistant Adjutant General. 



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Headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi, 
In the Field, Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. loth, 1863. 

General Orders, ) 

No. 9. ) 

The General Commanding takes this opportunity of return- 
ing his sincere thanks and congratulations to the brave armies 
of the Cumberland, the Ohio, the Tennessee, and their com- 
rades from the Potomac, for the recent splendid and decisive 
successes achieved over the enemy. 

In a short time you have recovered from him the control of 
the Tennessee River from Bridgeport to Knoxville; you dis- 
lodged him from his great stronghold upon Lookout Moun- 
tain; drove him from Chattanooga Valley; wrested from his 
determined grasp the possession of Missionary Ridge ; repelled 
with heavy loss, tO' him, his repeated assaults upon Knoxville, 
— forcing him to raise the seige there; driving him at all 
points, utterly routed and discomfited, beyond the limits of the 
State. 

By your noble heroism and determined courage, you have 
most effectually defeated the plans of the enemy for regaining 
possession of the States of Kentucky and Tennessee. You 
have secured positions from which no rebellious power can 
drive or dislodge you. 

For all this the General Commanding thanks you collect- 
ively and individually. The loyal people of the United States 
thank and bless you. Their hopes and prayers for your suc- 
cess against this unholy rebellion are with you daily. Their 
faith in you will not be in vain. Their hopes will not be 
blasted. Their prayers to Amighty God will be answered. 



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You will yet go to other fields of strife, and with the invin- 
cible bravery and unflinching loyalty to Justice and Right 
which have characterized you in the past, you will prove that 
no enemy can withstand you, and that no defenses, however 
formidable, can check your onward march. 

By Order of Major General U. S. Grant : 

T. S. Bowers, 

Assistant Adjutmt General. 
Official : 



Assistant Adjutant General. 

Headquarters, Department and Army of the Tennessee. 
OoLTAWAH, Tenn., December i6, 1863. 

General Orders 
No. 6. 

I.. .The several Divisions composing this Army in the Field 
will continue the march early to-morrow, in the order in which 
they now are, to Chattanooga; the nth Corps, Gen. Howard, 
and the Division commanded by Gen. Jeff. C. Davis, cross- 
ing the Chickamauga by the Stone Bridge, or any other to 
the east of it ; and the Divisions of the 1 5th Corps, by the pon- 
toons near the mouth of the Chickamauga. The several Com- 
manders on reaching Chattanooga, will rejoin the commands 
to which they belonged prior to the battle of Chattanooga. 

n. ..In thus dissolving the Army which fought the left 
wing of the Battle of Chattanooga, and afterwards compelled 
Longstreet to raise the seige of Knoxville, the General Com- 
manding hereby thanks all officers and men for the promptness 
with which all orders were obeyed, more especially for the 



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cheerfulness exhibited under privations of the severest kind. 
Without tents, without rations, with insufficient clothing, almost 
without shoes, in midwinter this army sprang with a generous 
impulse, and marched to Knoxville, a distance of one hundred 
and twenty miles, over the worst of roads, and relieved from 
danger twelve thousand of our fellow soldiers, besieged by a 
dangerous enemy ; and returned only after General Burnside 
had asked for partial reinforcements, and that the remainder 
should return tO' the more important strategic field of Chat- 
tanooga. That all officers and soldiers, who have participated 
in the hardships of this march, may feel that their labors were 
appreciated, the General Commanding hereby makes public the 
letter he received at Knoxville, at the hands of General Burn- 
side, and he takes this method of announcing to this army the 
thanks which General Burnside so manfully tendered, on the 
part of himself and of his brave garrison : 

"Headquarters Army of the Ohio, 

"Knoxville, December 7, 1863. 
*'Major General W. T. Sherman, Commanding. 

"General — I desire to express to you and your Command 
my most hearty thanks and gratitude for your promptness in 
coming to our relief during the seige of Knoxville, and I am 
satisfied that your approach served to raise the seige. 

Jan. 30th orders were received at 2 a. m. to march at day- 
light, with 7 days rations, 2 in haversack and 5 in wagons, 
and at the time ordered 7 Go's, 200 officers and men, under 
the Major, reported to Col. R. Williams of the 12th Ind., and 
marched with them to Larkin's Landing, on the Tenn. River, 
which we crossed on a pontoon bridge, and marching out 
about three miles bivouaced. On the ist of Feb., being 



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joined by Gen. Morgan L. Sntith with a Brig, from his — the 
2nd Div. of onr Corps — and he in command, we ht out for 
Sand Mountain, in "Hght marching order," and 5 days 
rations in the haversacks, without either wagon or ambu- 
lance. Reaching the foot of the Mt., we halted for 
coffee ; after ascending the Mt., marched in a Southerly direc- 
tion. 

We marched about 12 miles and went into bivouac near a small 
stream of water on top of the Mt. At 6:30, the 2nd, \ve 
waded the creek and continued our march. The night had 
been very cold, and the men sufifered to a considerable ex- 
tent, as we could not build fires as large as we w^anted. 
The march over this very properly named Mt. was con- 
tinued for about 15 miles, and we camped near the town of 
Lebanon, in Will's Valley. We had seen but a few small 
settlements in the whole day — nothing but pine timber and 
scrub brush. Our foragers secured a nice lot of bacon and 
some poultry, which some Reb. Cav'y objected to, but the 
boys were able to convince them that we had, and were able 
to keep it. 

The 3rd we were up at 4 a. m., but no enemy put in an 
appearance, so we, after waiting in the gap till i 130 p. m., 
moved out on our return, to Larkins. We reached Town 
Creek after dark, and building huge fires with pine knots, 
which were plenty, w-e spent a more comfortable night, but 
if any one had seen us in the early morning they would have 
been justified in calling us U. S. C. T. or coal heavers. 

The 5th we reached the "Landing." and the 6th, starting 
at 6 130 in the morning, reached our camp at Scottsboro. hav- 
ing made the distance of 8 miles in a little less than tw^O' and 
a half hours, every one feeling well. 



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Feb. 7th, Col. Walcutt havino- gone north with his Reg't 
on Veteran furlough, placed Col. Dickerman in Command of 
the Brig, and the Major in Command of the Reg't. Prepara- 
tions for the Summer Campaign were begun, but the next 
day, the 8th, orders came tO' be ready to march for Chatta- 
nooga. 4 Reg'ts. of the Div. received like orders, and being 
relieved of other duties, awaited the marching order. Adj't 
Wagstaff returned to the Reg't the 6th. 

The nth about sunrise, the 103rd having the advance, we 
started enroute for Chattanooga, and camped that night at 
Stevenson. We had a small train and no tents, with 
only one blanket to a man, we all suffered on the entire 
trip. On the 12th we marched to Bridgeport and camped. 
We were here joined by 3 other Reg'ts from Huntsville, all 
of the 15th A. C, Commanded by Gen. Chas. Mathias. The 
13th we crossed the Tenn. River on the pontoon bridge, 
marched about 20 miles, and camping near Whiteside. The 
14th we passed the base of Lookout Mt. and camped on 
Chattanooga Creek, remaining here till the morning of 
the 1 6th and camped that night near Ooltewah. The 17th 
we reached Cleveland, and went into Bivouac just east of 
the R. R. station. Having no tents, we built shanties, such 
as we could, and, in a small degree, made ourselves com- 
fortable. On the night of the 21st we had a snow storm that 
quite covered us with a warm covering, to the depth of more 
than an inch. We remained here till the morning of the 23rd, 
when the Provisional Brig. (7 Reg'ts) of the 15th A. C, 
under the command of Col. Dickerman, were placed under 
command of Gen. C. Cruft, and marched in the direction of 
Dalton. Our sick and otherwise disabled were left at camp. 



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We made about 25 miles before we camped near Ringold, 
Ga., at midnight. 

The 24th we advanced about 6 miles and were in front of 
"Tunnel Hill." The advance had quite a skirmish, and 
drove the enemy from their position and saved the tunnel. 
The 26th, at 3 a. m., we moved forward, our Brig, in reserve, 
until we came in contact with the enemy's picket line, when 
we were formed in two lines, in which our Reg't was in front 
line. We advanced till about 9 o'clock, when, as this was not 
our fight, being only borrowed troops from the Army of the 
Tenn., we were ordered to allow the other troops to pass ahead 
of us and let them do the hard work, while we were to be ihe 
reserve. Being posted on a high ridge near Buzzard Roost, 
we had a fine view of the engagement between Gen. Turchin's 
Brig, and the Rebs., in which there was much advancing and 
retreating on both sides. The 97th Ind., Col. Catterson, and 
the 103rd 111., were ordered to Gen. Johnson, at about 3 p. m. 
We reached the foot of Buzzard Roost and were ordered to 
await orders, expecting to take a little turn with the Johnnies. 
At 9 p. M. orders were to rejoin the Brig, and as quietly as 
possible. The whole Command began to retire, form the 
position, and at 3 a. m. we again lay down in the same beds 
of leaves that we had left 27 hours before, having had little 
or no rest. 

The object of movement was to prevent the Rebs. sending 
reinforcements to Miss, while Gen. Sherman was engaged in 
his Meridian Raid. A staff officer of the Brig, (belonging to 
the 103rd), while on a tour of observation, with a small 
escort, on the ridge across the valley to our left, captured a 
number of stragglers and deserters, who reported that they 



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had just returned from Atlanta, having been ordered back 
on account of our threatened attack. On receiving this in- 
formation, Gen. Palmer, in command of the expedition, 
ordered the command to return to our last night's encamp- 
ment, the object of the campaign being accomplished. On 
the 26th we moved back 2 miles and took up a strong posi- 
tion, at night falling back to Jacko's Church, i^ miles from 
Ringold. The p. m. of the 27th we marched 8 miles and 
camped, the Rebs. following us inconveniently close, and do- 
ing considerable skirmishing. The 28th we reached Cleve- 
land, and marched to our old position, with colors flying and 
drums beating. 

The morning of March ist we took our sick and otherwise 
disabled men to- the station, and sent them back to Scottsboro 
by Ala. R. R., to which place we began oair toilsome march, 
through mud and rain. The roads were very bad, and the 
progress slow, but we camped that night a mile west of 
Ooltewah. The 2nd we reached the base of Lookout Mt. 
and camped near our former camp. The roads being some- 
what better, we made up some of the slow time we had 
lost before, and passing through Whiteside and Shell Mound 
on the 3rd, finally camped on Crow Creek west of Stevenson, 
and on the evening of the 5th reached our own quarters at 
Scottsboro, pretty well fagged out. It was the toughest trip 
we had ever taken. Since leaving cur camp the nth of Feb. 
we had been continually exposed to all kinds of roueh and 
wet weather, without tents, or any protection except what 
we could improvise. We had been exposed toi rain, and snow, 
besides nearly continual freezing weather. We now tried 
to make up for our tribulations by doing considerable rest- 
ing. 



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The 9th Col. Dickerman took command of the Brig., as 
Col. Walcutt was still North with his Reg't. (46th Ohio), 
on Veteran Furlough. We remained in camp doing what 
we found to do in order to be ready for the summer's cam- 
paign, which we knew would he a hard one when it began. 
The 22nd of March snow fell to a depth of six inches, but 
did not remain long. The 27th Generals Sherman and Logan 
visited Scottsboro, and gave us a thorough inspection. Arms 
were all overlooked and new ones supplied where the old ones 
were not fit for service. A subscription by the officers 
amounting to $210 was taken up and also a smaller one by 
the men for camp utensils, such as the Go-v't did not supply, 
and Maj. Willison and Lt. Matteson, A. R. Q. M., were sent 
to Nashville for the goods. The Maj. bought a nice set of 
drums and fifes, with his money, and the other things were 
secured by the Lt. 

This placed our Reg't in fair condition, with as good 
a band of Field Music as was in the Division. The 15th Col. 
Dickerman had a Leave of Absence for 20 days, and Maj. 
Willison, being the Senior Officer in the Brig., took command, 
thus leaving Capt. Post of Co. E. in command of the Reg't 
(Lt. Col. Wright being on duty at Div. Hd. Qrs.). About 
this time Lt. Mellor, acting Q. M. of the Brig., was captured 
while out on a scout, south of Bellefonte. 

The 16th of April Lt. Worley of Co. A, received a detail 
from Dept. Hd. Qrs. to report at Huntsville for duty in the 
Signal Corps. The 21st Col. Walcutt returned from Veteran 
Furlough, and resumed command of the Brig, and the Maj. 
returned to the Reg't. 

Since our return from the Dalton trip, we had put in a good 



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deal of time drilling in all kinds of formations, and when the 
time to take up our line of march came, we were in fine con- 
dition, and eager for the coming campaign. The 27th we re- 
ceived the usual preliminary order, "to be ready to march at 
a moment's notice, with Camp and Garrison Equipage, two 
day's cooked rations in the haversack and 40 rounds of cart- 
ridges in the boxes." The order was received with many 
cheers by all the Reg'ts, and the evening of the 30th orders 
to move in the morning, set the entire camp wild. 
May 1st, 1864. 

The entire command at Scottsboro took up the line 
of march, and camped near Stevenson. The morning oi 
the 2nd, Lt. Matteson of Co. G, acting Q. M. of the Reg't 
since we left luka, was made A. A. Q. M. of the Division, and 
Lt. A. Amsley of Co. K, was made A. R. Q. M. At Chatta- 
nooga the Camp and Garrison Equipage was turned over to 
a Depot Q. M. and stored ; the wagon train which had been 
six six-mule teams was reduced to three six-mule teams ; one 
ambulance was kept by each Reg't, the others being made into 
a Div. or Corps Ambulance Train, in charge of the Medical 
Dept. 

The 6th we left our camp at Rossville, just south of Chatta- 
nooga, and after a march of about 15 miles camped at Craw- 
fish Springs, about i| miles from the famous Lee and 
Gordons Mills, where the Battle of Chickamauga began, in 
Sept., last. We passed over a part of that great battlefield and 
saw many evidences of the conflict, as they were when the 
battle ceased. From there we passed through La Fayette, and 
Villanow, and entered Snake Creek Gap the a. m. of the loth. 
The nth and 12th we spent in forcing our way through the 



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Gap, and the morning of the 13th we were passing into the 
open country west of Resaca, where we had hoped to cut the 
Rebs. off and take them in. In the Gap we had several little 
"meetings" with the Reb. Cav'y, but here we met the Infantry- 
all ready for us. 

Our line was formed with the 40th 111. on the right, next 
the 6th Iowa, then the 103rd, and the 46th Ohio forming the 
left of our Brig., the First Brig, of our Div. being still on our 
left. 

At I o'clock the bugle sounded the advance, and away we 
went to the top of the hill. As we began to descend it the 
enemy, w^ho were posted on the next hill with Field Artillery, 
opened on us with vigor. The Maj., who was in advance on 
his horse, received a shot which disabled him, and killed his 
fine horse. The command of the Regt. now devolved on Capt. 
Post, and as w^e continued to advance, we were much pleased 
to see Col. Dickerman, who had just at this moment returned 
from his leave of absence, come onto the field. He was 
greeted with hearty cheers by all. The Major was so badly 
wounded that he was sent home and did not return till the 
early part of August. 

(Having received the Diary of Capt. C. W. Wills, of Co. 
G, we will continue this account of the doings of the 103rd, 
returning to the date when we left Scottsboro, and until we 
reached Washington, with such annotations as may be neces- 
sary, to as complete a record as can be made. This diary was 
written as time and occasion permitted, and sent from time to 
time to his sister at Canton, 111., and by her copied and re- 
tained. Another account of the battle of Griswoldville of the 
22nd of Nov. will be introduced at that date. It was written 
by Maj. A. Willison, of the Reg't.) 



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April 30th, '64. Scottsboro, Ala. 

You know we have been under marching orders for several 
days. At dress parade this evening orders were read notify- 
ing us that the Division would move out on the road tO' Chat- 
tanooga at 6 A. M. May ist. 

This is the first intimation of the direction we would take. 

It surprised me very much, and I think many others. I 
was certain we would either cross the Tenn. river at Larkins 
Ferry or near Decatur and take Dalton in flank or rear, but 
Sherman didn't see it. I would rather do anything else save 
one, than march over the road to Chattanooga. That one is 
to lie still in Camp. 

When the boys broke ranks after the parade, cries of *'mule 
soup" filled the camp for an hour. That is the name that has 
been unanimously voted to the conglomeration of dead mules 
and mud that fills the ditches on the roadside between Steven- 
son and Chattanooga. 

The whole Division has been alive all evening, burning 
cabins has been the fashion. Capts. Post, Smith and myself 
got into a little discussion which ended in our grabbing axes 
and demolishing each other's cabins. 

May ist, 1864. 

Bivouac at Mud Creek. Up at daylight, and off on time, 
6 A. M. The camp was full of citizens early, all after our 
leavings. The way they did snatch for old clothes was far 
from slow. They actually stole lots of trash right under the 
noses of the soldiers owners. Out "jayhawking" old jayhawk 
himself. Started off in best of spirits — men cheering right 
from their hearts. About two miles out on the road. Gen. 
Harrow and Staff passed us. The men not having the fear of 



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"guard house" in their minds, yelled at him, "Bring out your 
Potomac horse," "Fall back on your straw and fresh butter," 
"Advance on Washington," &c., all of which counts as quite 
a serious ofifense, but he paid no attention to it. You recollect 
he is from the Potomac Army. The first expression comes 
from a punishment he inaugurated in our Division. He put 
up a wooden horse in front of his quarters, and mounted on ii: 
all the offenders against discipline that he could "gobble." 
Some waggish fellows wrote out some highly displayed ad- 
vertisements of the "Potomac horse" and posted them through- 
out the camp, and finally one night the men took it down 
and sent it on the cars to Huntsville, directed to McPherson, 
with a note tacked on it, telling him to furnish him plenty of 
straw and use him carefully, as he was Potomac stock and 
unused to hardships. 

We only marched some ten miles to-day and have a splendid 
camping ground. Have had a wash in a mill race near by. 

May 2d, 1864. West bank of Crow Creek, near Stevenson. 

Only about 7 miles from last night's camp, but will have to 
wait till to-morrow to build a bridge. The creek is some 
150 ft. wide. Our Pioneer Corps will from the rough put a 
bridge over it in ten hours, that is to be passed over within 
the next three days by 800 wagons and 100 cannon of our 
Corps. We reached here about 9 this a. m. and were led into 
a very large field of prairie grass, standing three feet high 
and as dry as tinder. A stiff breeze was blowing and the first 
fire started in our Reg't set the grass in our front on a perfect 
rampage. It run down on the 46th Ohio, and such a grab- 
bing of "traps" and scattering was never before seen, but 
was equaled about half an hour afterwards when a fire set 



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in our rear came sweeping down on us. We threw our things 
out on the bare space in our front and escaped with Httle loss. 
My drummer had his coat, cap, drum and a pet squirrel 
burned, and a number of ponchos and small articles were also 
sent up in smoke. The days are almost like summer, but the 
nights are rather cool. The trees are about in full leaf arid 
vermin are becoming altogether toO' numerous. Every man is 
a vigilance committee on the wood tick question. They are 
worse than guerrillas or gray-backs. On an ordinary good 
"tick day" we capture about ten per capita. They demoralize 
one tremendously. The boys did some good work fishing in 
the P. M.^ catching a number of fine bass, &c. 

A surgeon, who I think belongs on some Brigade Staff, has 
been stopping at nearly every house visiting, &c., and then 
rides past us to his place in front. This morning, after a visit, 
he was passing our Reg't; as we commenced crossing a little 
stream his horse got into a hole some four feet deep, stumbled, 
fell, rolled over, and liked to have finished the Dr. He was 
under both water and horse. The boys consoled him with a 
clear i,ooo cheers, groans, and sharp speeches. Anything 
short of death is a capital joke. I have seen them make sport 
of a man lying by the roadside in a fit. 

May 3d 12 miles east of Bridgeport. 

Have made about 15 miles to-day. This the fourth time 
I have been over the same ground, and have rode over it five 
times. This is the first time I ever started on a march where 
real judgment was used in breaking the men in. We always 
before made from, 15 to 25 miles the first day and broke down 
about ^ of our men. This time you see, our first two day's 
marches were short and the 15 miles to-day seemed to affect 



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no one. I hear from good authority here that Thomas is in 
Dalton, after some heavy skirmishing-. Everything is moving 
to the front here. A jwrtion of the 12th, or 20th Corps now, 
is jnst ahead of us. Morgan L. Smith and Osterhaus are just 
behind us, but Logan will not be along till relieved by some 
other troops. 

I expect Dodge, with some 6,000 of the i6th A. C, is be- 
hind us. The 17th A. C. was coming into Huntsville as we 
left. 

Camp is in an orchard, and apples are as large as hazel nuts 
and we make sauce of them. 

May 4th. Whiteside. 

The day's march has been much more pleasant than any of 
us expected. Most of the dead mules have been buried, and 
the road much improved, especially through the narrows. We 
smelled a number of mules, though, after all the improve- 
ments. This, Whiteside, is like Bridgeport, a portable town, 
with canvas covers and clapboard sides. 

The boys have been catching some nice fish in a little stream 
by our camp this evening. Made about 15 miles to-day. 

May 5tlL Between Chattanooga and Rossville. 

It has been a very warm day, and the 16 miles between 8 
A. M. and 4 p. M. counts a hard march. The dust in many 
places has been ankle deep. 

We again crossed the point of old Lookout. I think since 
yesterday morning at least 20 trains loaded with troops have 
passed us while in sight of the R. R. with from 15 to 20 
cars in each train. 



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We hear to-day that Dalton is not yet ours, but ShermaM 
only waits for his old Corps before attacking. 

Have sent everything back to Chattanooga to store. It 
is estimated that we will have over 100,000 men at Dalton day 
after to-morrow. 

Will keep a diary and send every opportunity. 

May 6th. Camp at "Gordon's Mills," Ga. 

We lay in camp on Chattanooga Creek, 2^ miles this side of 
Chattanooga, till 1 1 this morning, waiting for the Div. train 
to be loaded and turning the bulk of our Camp and Garrison 
Equipage over to the Corps Q. M. to store for us until we 
return from^ this campaign. 

We have cut our baggage for the Reg't to what can be put 
in three wagons. Of course, we do not expect to find any of 
our things again that we leave. The 6th Iowa Veterans re- 
joined us last night. I notice that all these veterans come 
back dressed in officer's clothing. They have, I expect, been 
putting on a great many airs up north, but I don't know who 
has any better right. The last 4 miles of our march to- 
day has been through the west edge of the Chickamauga bat- 
tlefield. I believe the battle commenced near these mills on 
our right. 

It is supposed that we are moving tO' get in rear of Dalton. 
No more drumming allowed, so I suppose we are getting in 
the vicinity of rebs., and that skirmishing will commence in 
about two days. The Big Crawfish Springs near the mill is 
only second to the one that supplies Huntsville with water, 
neither one as large as the Tuscambia spring, but much more 
beautiful. Gen. Harrow had a fuss with our Co. A last night. 
He struck one or two of the men with a club and put the Lt. 



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(Willison) under arrest. * * * It is impossible to get 
along with him. We heard last night that Grant had crossed 
the Rapidan in four places, but don't know where. We know 
nothing about what is going on here, but feel certain that the 
Rebs. will get a tremendous thrashing if they don't move 
promptly. Marched ii miles to-day. 

May 7th, 12 M. 2 miles south of the Gordon's Mills crossings 
of the Chickamauga. 

We started at 8 this morning and made this by 1 1. We are 
now waiting for two or more Divisions of the i6th Corps to 
file into the road ahead of us. I think they are coming from 
Ringold. A circular of McPherson's was read to us this 
morning before starting, telling us we were about to engage 
the enemy and giving us some advice about charging, meeting 
charges, shooting low, and telling us not to quit our lines to 
carry back wounded, &c., and intimating that he expected our 
Corps to occupy a very warm place in the fight, and to sustain 
the fighting reputation of the troops of the Dept. of the Tenn. 

The men talk about hoping that the Divisions now going 
ahead will finish the fighting before we get up, but I honestly 
believe they'd all rather get into a battle than not. It is fun 
to hear these veterans talk. I guess that about two-thirds of 
them got married when they were home. Believe it will do 
much toward steadying them down when they return to their 
homes. They almost all say that they had furlough enough 
and were ready to start back when their 30 days were up. 

It is hot as the deuce; two o'f our men were sun-struck at 
Lookout Mountain on the 3rd. 

Dust is becoming very troublesome. I am marching in a 
badly fitting pair of boots, and one of my feet is badly strained 



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across the instep, pains me a good deal when resting. That 
and my sprained wrist makes me almost a subject for the 
InvaHd Corps, but I intend to carry them both as far as 
Atlanta, after our "Erring Brethren," if I have no further 
bad luck. One of my men, when he rolled up his blanket this 
morning, found he had laid on a snake, and killed him — poor 
snake ! 

May 7th. Near LaFayette, Ga. 12 m. 

Have just got into Camp and washed my face. Four Divi- 
sions filing into the road ahead of us, delayed us five whole 
hours, and their trains have made us seven hours marching 
8 miles. Somebody says we are 19 miles from Rome. The 
boys have started a new dodge on the citizens. One of my 
men told me of playing it last night. When we camped for 
the night he went to a house and inquiring about the neighbors 
found out one who had relatives north; and something of 
the family history. Then he called on this party and repre- 
sented himself as belonging to the northern branch of the 
family, got to kiss the young lady cousins, had a pleasant time 
generally, and returned with his haversack full of knick-nacks, 
and the pictures of his cousins, with whom he had promised to 
correspond. At one house on the road to-day 10 or 12 women 
had congregated to see the troops pass. An officer stopped at 
the house just as our Reg't came up, and the boys commenced 
yelling at him, "Come out of that, Yank;" you could have 
heard them 2 miles. Never saw a man so mortified. Col. 
Wright tells me we are about 7 miles from the Rebs. at some 
ridge. We will get into position to-morrow and fight next 
day — that is, they would, if I were not present. We camped 



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in a "whale" of a sweet potato patch, and the boys have 
about dug up the seed and gobbled it. 

May 8th. i :30 a. m. 

Have about given up the train before daylight, so will curl 
down and take a cool snooze, minus blankets. Made 1 1 miles 
to-day. 

May 8th. 15 miles S. W. of Dalton. 

We traveled to-day over a better country than I have seen 
for five months; the Yanks were never seen here before. All 
the negroes and stock have been run off. A little shooting 
commenced in the front to-day, and we passed a deserted sig- 
nal station and picket post. Saw some Rebs. on a mountain 
south of us just before we went into camp. Dispatch came to 
Sherman this p. m. that Grant had whipped Lee three suc- 
cessive days. Our fight will come off to-morrow. I entertaia 
no doubt as to the result. They have cut us down to f rations 
of bread and ^ rations of meat. 

May 9th. 7 miles west of Resaca, 15 miles from Dalton. 

Yesterday we traveled S. E., crossing 6 or 7 ridges, one or 
two of which were quite high. Taylor's was the highest. To- 
day we have made only about 8 miles all the way through a 
pass in Rocky Face ridge, which is a high mountain. There 
are 4 Divisions ahead of us. A Reg't of Kentucky Cav. 
(Rebel) slipped in between ours and" the Div. ahead of us^ 
trying to capture a train. The 9th Ills. Infty. had the advance 
of our Div. and killed 30 Rebs. and took four prisoners, losing 
only one man killed and their Lt. Col. slightly wounded. 
Pretty good. Dodge has got the R. R. and broken it, so we 



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hear. The fight seems to be a stand-off until to-morrow. We 
are in line of battle for the first time on the trip, and the Ord- 
nance train is ahead of the baggage. Just saw an Officer from 
the front (your letter of the 3rd of Apr. received this minute) ; 
he says Dodge is within a mile of Resaca, and driving the 
enemy, and will have the town by dark. Has not cut the 
R. R. yet. This Officer saw a train arrive from Dalton, with 
some 2,500 Rebel troops aboard. McPherson and Logan are 
both on the field. Some Rebel prisoners taken to-day say 
they intend making this a Chickamauga to us. Have a nice 
camp, there is some little forage here, but it is nothing for the 
number of troops we have. 

May loth. Same camp. 

The 9th Ills. Infty. lost about 30 men, killed, wounded and 
missing, yesterday. We find the enemy too strong on the 
R. R. to take, but have succeeded in breaking it so no trains 
can pass. Gerry's Div. of the 20th Corps came up at dark, 
and the rest of the Corps is within supporting distance. Ra- 
tions were issued to us this evening — 1/9 rations of meat for 
three days just made a breakfast for the men. More rumors 
are flying than would fill a ream of foolscap. We had orders 
this p. M. to march to the front at 2 p. m., but did not go. 

May nth. Six miles from Resaca. 

We had a real hurricane last night, and tremendous rain- 
storm. We lay right in the woods, and of course thought of 
the Pt. Pleasant storm, and falling trees, but were too lazy to 
move, and, thanks to a bed of pine boughs, slept good and 
sound. There is a scare up this morning. We have moved a 
mile toward the front, and building breast-works is going 



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on, with the greatest hfe. A full 1,000 axes are ringing within 
hearing. Our Division is drawn up in column by Brigade 
and at least another Division is in rear of us. The latest 
rumor is that "the R. R. has surrendered with 40,000 depots." 

May 1 2th. 

We are in just such a camp as I was in once near Jacinto, 
Miss. Hills, hollows and splendid pines. Pine knots can be 
picked up by the bushel, and the pitch smoke will soon enable 
us to pass for members of the "Corps de Afrique." I am 
perfectly disgusted with this whole business. Everything I 
have written down I have had from the Div. Staff, and that 
without pumping. I am beginning to believe that there is no 
enemy anywhere in the vicinity, and that we are nowhere our- 
selves, and am sure that the Generals do not let the Staff of 
our Div. know anything. The R. R. was not cut at daylight 
this morning, for I heard a train whistle and rattle along it. 
I do know for certain that we are putting up some huge 
works here, and that they run from mountain to mountain 
across this gorge. 

May 13th. Still in Snake Creek Gap. 

Moved forward a half mile and our Reg't built a strong 
line of log works. We have had a perfect rush of Generals 
along the line to-day. Hooker, Sickles, McPherson, Thomas, 
Palmer, Sherman and a dozen of smaller fry. The boys 
crowded around Sherman and he could not help hearing such 
expressions as "Where's Pap?" "Let's see old Pap," &c., nor 
could he help laughing, either. The men think more of Sher- 
man than of any Gen. who ever commanded them, but they 
did not cheer him. I never heard a Gen. cheered in my life, 



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as he rode the hnes. Sherman said in hearing of 50 men 
of our Reg't, "Take it easy to-day, for you will have work 
enough to-morrow. It will be quick done though." Now see 
what that means. 

May 14th. 

Reveille at 3 a. m. and an order has just come to leave ait 
our knapsacks and move at 7 a. m. Great hospital prepara- 
tions are going on in our rear. I think we are going to take 
the R. R. and Resaca. Large reinforcements came last night. 
Could hear the Rebs. running trains all night. 104 a. m. 
Have moved forward about 4 miles. Saw Gen. Kilpatrick lay- 
ing in an ambulance by the roadside. He was wounded in the 
leg this morning in a skirmish. Met a number of men — 
wounded — moving tO' the rear, and a dozen or so dead horses, 
all shot this morning. Quite lively skirmishing is going on 
now about 200 yards in front of us. 1 145 p. m. Moved about 
200 yards to the front and brought on brisk firing. 2 :35. 
While moving by the flank shell commenced raining down 
on us very rapidly; half a dozen burst within 25 yards of 
us. The Major's horse was shot and I think he was wounded. 
In the Reg't one gun and one hat was struck in my Co. Don't 
think the Major is wounded very badly. 3^ p. m. Corp. Slater 
of my Co. just caught a piece of shell the size of a walnut in 
his haversack. 4. p. m. Col. Dickerman has just rejoined the 
Reg't. We would have given him 3 cheers if it had not been 
ordered otherwise. 5 p. m. Have moved forward about a 
mile and a real battle is now going on in our front. Most of 
the Artillery is farther to the right, and it fairly makes the 
ground tremble. Every breath smells very powderish. A 
battery has just opened close to the right of our Reg't. I 



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tell you this is interesting. Our Reg't is not engaged yet, but 
we are in sight of the Rebels and their bullets whistle over 
our heads. The men are all in good spirits. 8 p. m. A few 
minutes after 6 I was ordered to deploy my Co. as skirmishers 
and relieve the ist Brig, who were in our front. We shot 
with the Rebs. till dark, and have just l)een relieved. One 
Co. of the 1 2th Ind. who occupied the ground we have just 
left, lost their Capt. and 30 men killed and wounded in sight 
of us. The Rebs. are making the axes iiy in our front. The 
skirmish lines are about 200 yards apart. I have had no men 
Wounded to-day. Dorrence returned to the Co. this evening. 

May 14th. Daylight. 

We have just been in line and the intention v^^as to charge 
the Rebel position, but two batteries were discovered in front 
of us. The skirmishers advanced a little and brought down a 
heavy fire. A battery is now getting into position in our front, 
right in front of our Co., and when it opens I expect we will 
have another rain of shell from the Rebs. 9:35 a. m. Our 
Battery has opened, but the Rebs. cannot reply. Four of their 
guns are in plain sight of us, but our Brig, skirmishers have 
crawled up so close that not a Reb. dare load one of them. 
Joke on them ! One of my men was struck on the foot while 
talking to me a few minutes ago. Made a blue spot, but did 
not break the skin. 1 1 145 a. m. I think our Reg't has not 
had more than six or eight wounded this morning. Very 
heavy musketry firing is going on on our left. It is the 14th 
Corps. 2 p. M. Since i p. m. terrific artillery and musketry 
firing has been going on on our left. The enemy was mass- 
ing against the 14th A. C. when Thomas attacked them. I 
think he drove them some distance. 2^ p. m. My Co. is or- 



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dered to ht deployeu and sent down the hill to support skir- 
mishers. 

We are in position, very lively firing is going on. 5 p. m. 
A splendid artillery duel is going on right over my head. The 
Reb. battery is just across an open field, not six hundred yards, 
and one of ours is a short 100 yards in my rear. Osterhaus 
a half a mile on our right, is playing on the same battery. 
Thomas is still fighting heavily. He seems to be turning their 
right or forcing it back. Every time the Rebs. fire our skir- 
mishers just more than let them have the bullets. I tell you 
this is the most exciting show I ever saw. Their battery is 
right in the edge of the woods, but so masked that we can't 
see it, or wouldn't let them load. I write under cover of a 
stump which a dead man of the 26th Ind. shares with me. 
8 p. M. Just relieved; I lost no men. The fighting on the 
left was Hooker and Howard, and was very heavy. 

May 15th. i^ A. M. 

At II p. M. went again on the skirmish line with Capt. 
Post and superintended the construction of rifle pits for our 
skirmishers. A good deal of fun between our boys and the 
Rebs. talking only 50 yards apart. ^^ a. m. At 3 a. m. 
moved and are now supporting Osterhaus, who is going to 
charge the R. R. Will see fighting this morning. 9 a. m. 
The skirmishers are fighting briskly. Osterhaus' artillery is 
on both sides and behind us. Sherman has just passed us 
to the front. When we first came here about daylight, the 
Rebels charged our folks on the hill ahead, but were repulsed 
without our assistance. McPherson is now passing. Oster- 
haus gained that hill last night by a charge, losing about 200 
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T can see the Rebel fort at Resaca and Rebs. in abundance. 
It is not a mile distant, i :30 p. m. Our artillery is beginning 
to open on them. One man killed and two wounded within 
40 yards of the Reg't by Rebel sharpshooters. 7 p. m. No 
charge yet to-day, but has been heavy fighting on the left. I 
have seen, this evening. Rebel trains moving in all directions. 
We have a good view of all their works. 

May 1 6th. 6 a. m. 

The old story — the Rebs. evacuated last night. They made 
two or three big feints of attacking during the night, but are 
all gone this morning. It is said they have taken up a posi- 
tion some five miles ahead. Prisoners and deserters are com- 
ing in. At Resaca we captured eight cannon, not more than 
100 prisoners, and some provisions; don't know what we got 
at Dalton. 

Some estimate our whole loss up to this time at 2,500 killed 
and wounded. Everything is getting the road for pursuit. 
The prisoners say Johnston will make a stand 40 miles south. 
6 p. M. The 1 6th Corps moved out on the Rome road, and 
while we were waiting for the 14th Corps to get out of our 
way word came that the i6th had run against a snag. We 
were moved out at once at nearly double quick time to help 
them. Trotted 4 miles and passed a good many wounded, 
but we were not needed. We bivouac to-night on the S. E. 
bank of Coosa River. I hear to-night that our loss in the 
Corps is 600 and that no Corps has suffered less than ours. 
Some think the whole will foot over 5,000. 

]\Iay 17th, 10 A. M. 

Our Reg't moves in rear of the Division to-day and we are 



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still waiting for the trains to pass. We can hear firing in front 
occasionally, and although we have seen fighting enough to 
satisfy us for a time, still it's more disagreeable to be away in 
the rear and hearing, but not knowing what's going on, than 
to be in the field. I saw several hundred Rebel prisoners yes- 
terday, among them one Col. The country is much more 
level this side of the Coosa, but the pine woods spoil it. Our 
advance from the faint sound of the artillery firing must be 
7 or 8 miles ahead. We will make it very warm for Johnston, 
lo p. M. Have just got into camp, made I2 miles to-day. 
Heavy firing on our left, which I hear is a Division of How- 
ard's Corps. 

May 1 8th. 

Our Division has had the advance to-day, but no infantry 
fighting. At noon we get into Adairsville and meet the 4th 
A. C. Saw Generals Howard, Thomas, Sickle, and a hun- 
dred others. We are camped 5 miles S..W. of town and by 
the prettiest place I ever saw. The house is excellent, the 
grounds excel in beauty anything I ever imagined. The occu- 
pants have run away. Our Cav'y had a sharp fight here this 
p. M. and on one of the gravel walks in the beautiful garden 
lies a Rebel Col., shot in 5 places. He must have been a noble 
looking man ; looks 50 years old, and has a fine form and fea- 
tures. Think his name is Irwin. I think there must be a 
hundred varieties of the rose in bloom here and the most splen- 
did specimens of cactus. I do wish you could see it. At 
Adairsville, night before last, we lost 400 killed and wounded 
in a skirmish. 9 a. m. Rapid artillery firing on our left front. 
We are waiting for Osterhaus and Morgan L. Smith to get 
out of our way. Our Division has the rear to-day. Our cars 



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got into Adairsville yesterday evening and the last Rebel train 
left in the morning. Firing on the left very heavy. 

May 19th, 5 P. M. Kingston, Cass County, Ga. 

The artillery has been working all day, but have not heard 
how much of a fight. That dead Rebel Col. was Iverson, of 
the second Ga. Cav. ; we think he was formerly a M. C. of this 
state, and a secessionist. The citizens here have most all left 
the towns, but are nearly all at home in the countr}^ The 
Cav. had sharp fighting in the road we have come over to- 
day. Many dead horses and a number of fresh graves by the 
roadside. I wish I was in the Cav. This plodding along 
afoot is dry business, compared with horse-back traveling. I 
hear this morning that Wilder's mounted Infantry captured 
two cannons and 600 Rebels this afternoon. Also that 6,000 
prisoners were yesterday started from Dalton for the north. 

May 20th. Kingston. 

Our cars got here this morning; the whistle woke me. One 
of the most improbable rumors afloat is that letters will be 
allowed to go north to-day. I knojv you are anxious, so will 
not loose the rumor of a chance. Billy Fox returned to-day. 
My things are all right at Chattanooga. I'm in excellent 
health and all right every way. The news from Grant en- 
courages us very much, but if he gets whipped it won't keep 
us from whaling Johnston. We're now about 50 miles from 
Atlanta. Will probably take a day or two here to replenish 
the supply trains, and let the men recruit a little after their 
twenty-day march ; don't know anything about Johnston ; it 
is not thought he will give us a fight near here. 



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May 2 1 St. 

The 23rd A. C. moved south yesterday. I hear that they 
found the enemy on the south bank of the Etowah river, and 
that he disputes the crossing. Grant seems to be checked in 
his "on to Richmond." It seems that Rebel Iverson, whom I 
saw dead near Adairsville, was a Brig. Gen. and a son of the 
ex-Congressman. This Kingston has been a gem of a httle 
town, but the Rebs. bairned most of it when they left. Our 
R. R. men are very enterprising. The cars got here the same 
night we did, and a dozen or 20 trains are coming per day, all 
loaded inside with commissary stores and outside with sol- 
diers. 

May 22nd. 

Two Reg'ts of 3 years men who- did not "veteran" started 
home to-day. The loss of the army in this way will not be 
much. Not more than i or 2 Reg'ts in any Corps refused to 
veteran. We are drawing 20 days rations, sending sick back 
to Convalescent Camp at Chattanooga, and making all prepara- 
tions for a hard campaign. 

May 23rd. Four miles N. W. of Van Wirt, Ga. 

Weather is getting very hot. We have made 21 miles to- 
day, and the distance, heat, and dust, has made it by far the 
hardest march we have had for a year. Excepting about 6 
miles of dense pine woods the country we have passed through 
has been beautful, quite rolling, but fertile and well improved. 
In the midst of the pine woods we stopped to rest at HoUis' 
Mill, a sweet looking little 17 year old lady here told me she 
was and always had been Union, and that nearly all the poor 
folks here are Union. In answer to some questions, about 



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the roads and country, she said, "Well, now, I was born and 
raised right here, and never was anywhere, and never see 
anylx)dy, and I just don't know anything at all." Although 
her mouth was stained with tobacco, and her dirty hands 
showed that she had the itch, still, I liked her. Don't you 
think I was depraved? I never saw so many stragglers as 
to-day. For twelve miles no water was to be had; then we 
came to a spring, a very large one. say, 4 or 5 hhds. a minute. 
All the officers in the army could not have kept the men in 
ranks. Saw no cases of sunstroke, but two of my men from 
heat, turned blue with rush of blood to the head, and had to 
leave the ranks. Some think we are moving on Montgomery, 
Ala. Our orders say we need not hope for R. R. comunica- 
tions for 20 days ; I think that Atlanta is our point, although 
we were 50 miles from there this morning and 60 to-night. 
The planters in this country own thousands of negroes, and 
they've run them all off down this road. They are about two 
days ahead of us, and the poor people say, as thick on the 
road as we are. Have passed several to-day who escaped 
from their masters. 

May 24th. Four miles S. E. of Van Wirt, Ga. 

Short march to-day — because it is a full day's march from 
here to water. At Van ^\'irt we turned E. on the Atlanta 
road. Will pass through Dallas to-morrow. My company 
was rear guard to-day for the brigade. One of my men 
spilled a kettle of boiling coffee last night, filling his shoe. 
All the skin on the top of his foot that did not come off with 
his socks is in horrible blisters. The Surgeon said he would 
haz'c to march, and he has. all day, don't that seem rather 



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hard? You remember how I used to detest fat meat? If I 
didn't eat a pound of raw pickled pork to-day for dinner, 
shoot me. Things don't go nearly as well as on the march 
from. Memphis. 'Tis much harder, though we don't make as 
many miles per day. One reason is the weather is much 
warmer, and another thing, each Division then marched in- 
dependantly, and now all three of them camp together every 
night. Dorrence is nearly sick to-night. I thought I heard 
some artillery firing this morning, but guess I was mistaken. 
The Cav'y report they have not found any force of Rebs. yes- 
terday or to-day. Smallpox has broken out in the 6th Iowa — 
some 20 cases. 

May 26, 8 A. M. Pumpkin Vine Creek, Near Dallas, Ga. 

We did not make more than 7 or 8 miles yesterday, on ac- 
count of some bad road that troubled the trains very much. 
We got intO' camp at dark, just as a thunder storm broke. 
We hurried up our arrangements for the night — kicking out 
a level place on the hillside to sleep — gathering pine boughs 
to keep the water from washing us away, and spreading our 
rubbers over rail frames. Everything just finished, were just 
pulling our stock of bed clothes over me (one rubber coat), 
when the brigade bugle sounded the "assembly." It was dark 
as pitch and raining far from gently — no use grumbling — so 
everybody commenced yelping, singing, or laughing. In ten 
minutes we were under way, and though we didn't move a 
mile, every man who didn't tumble half a dozen times would 
command good wages in a circus. We finally formed line of 
battle on bushy hillside, and I dropped down on the wet leaves 
and slept soundly till one o'clock, and woke up wet and half- 



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frozen, took up my bed and made for a fire and dried out. 
Do you remember the case when the Savior commanded a con- 
valescent to take up his bed and walk ? I always pitied that 
man, carrying a four-post bedstead, feathers, straw and cover- 
ing and failed to see it. but if he had no more bedding than 

1 had, I can better understand it. Heavy connonading all the 
p. M. yesterday. It seemed some 5 or 6 miles east; don't 
understand the way matters are shaping at all. Sherman has 
such a way of keeping everything to himself. The country 
between Van Wirt and Dallas is very rough, but little of it 
under cultivation; along this creek are some nice looking 
farms. The Rebs. were going to make a stand, but didn't. 

2 p. M. We started at 8 this morning, and have not made 
more than i^ miles. Soldiers from the front say the Hardee's 
Corps fronts us 2 miles ahead, and that he proposes to fight. 
I have heard no firing that near this morning, but have heard 
artillery 8 or 10 miles east. A number of prisoners have been 
sent back, who all report Hardee at Dallas. I think Thomas 
now joins our left. McPherson last night rode up to some 
Reb. pickets, who saluted him with a shower of hot lead, for- 
tunately missing him. Osterhous' commissary drives along 
a lot of cattle for the Division. Last night he got off the 
road and drove them into a party of seccesh, who took com- 
missary, beef and all. Back at Kingston, a big box came to 
Gen. Harrow with heavy express charges. An ambulance 
hauled it 20 miles before it caught up with him, and on open- 
ing it he found a lot of stones, a horse's tail, and a block of 
wood with a horses' face pinned on it, labeled, "head and tail 
of your Potomac Horse." At Van Wirt before we got there 
the Rebs had a celebration over Lee's capturing Grant and 




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half of his army. There's a great deal of ague in the regi- 
ment. We will have a great deal of sickness after the cam- 
paign closes. I have only seen one man at home in Ga. who 
looked capable of doing duty as a soldier. My health is ex- 
cellent. This creek runs into the Talladega River. 

One mile S. of Dallas, 2 p. m. 

After a lively skirmishing Jeff. Davis' Division of the 14th 
A. C. occupied Dallas at 2 p. m. The Rebs. retired stub- 
bornly. We passed Dallas about dark, and are now the front 
and extreme right of the whole army. I guess fighting is 
over for the night. Two very lively little fights have occurred 
before dark. The heavy fighting yesterday was Hooker. He 
whipped and drove them four miles, taking their wounded. 

May 27th. 8 a. m. Near Dallas, Ga. 

There has been some very heavy fighting on our left this 
morning, and everywhere along the line. We have been mov- 
ing in line since 6 o'clock, supporting skirmishers and the 3rd 
Brig. Have driven the Rebs. about f mile. The 14th Corps 
must have had a severe fight about 6 and |. The bullets have 
whistled pretty thick this a. m. Skirmish line 11 a. m. 
Osterhaus and Smith (I think), have just had a big fight on 
our left. At 8 and ^, I was ordered to take Cos. E., K., B. 
and G., deploy them and relieve the 3rd Brig, skirmishers. 
Deployed and moved forward over -| mile through the very 
densest brush — couldn't see 6 feet, expecting every minute to 
find the 3rd Brig, skirmishers, but they had been drawn in, 
and we were right into the Rebs. before we saw them. Three 
of my Co. were wounded in an instant, and 3 of K's taken 
prisoner, but our boys made the Rebs. skedaddle, and all of 



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them got away. Twenty-one Rebs. came up in rear of Capt 
Smith and 2 of his men. Private Benson shot one of them, 
and Smith roared out for the rest to surrender, which they 
(hd. They (the Rebs.), said thev would not have been taken 
if the Ga. brig, had not fallen back. I think that is doing 
pretty well for 4 Cos. of our Reg't running a whole brig. 
Firing is very heavy all around us. 12^ m. A chunk of 
Reb. shell just lit 15 feet from me. Lively artillery firing 
right over our heads. 4 p. m. At 2^ after firing a few shells 
the Rebs. set up a yell along our whole front. I knew a charge 
was coming. At 2^, another yell was much nearer. My men 
then commenced firing on them, but they came on yelling 
pretty well, but not as heartily as I have heard. They came 
jumping along through the brush more then, making the bul- 
lets rain among us. I think they could not fly much thicker. 
My men did nobly, but they were too many for us, and we 
had to fall back. I heard their officers halloo to them, "to 
yell and stand steady," and they were right amongst us before 
we left. Our line of battle checked them and made them run. 
I lost A. Huffard — killed. Seth Williams — died in two hours. 
Wm. Gustine — severely wounded. E. Suydam — do, S. Hud- 
son, do. H. Stearns, slight wound. J. H. Craig, do. F. 
Cary, do. W. Roberts, do. W. G. Dunblazier, captured. 
7 p. M. I tell you this was exciting. My men all stood like 
heroes (save one), and some of them did not fall back when 
I wanted them to. The bush was so thick that we could 
liardly get through in any kind of line. Gustine and Suydam 
were nlxiut 20 feet on my left when they were shot, but I 
couldn't see them. The Rebs. were not 15 feet from them. 
I had 31 men on the line, and q killed and wounded, and one 



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prisoner, is considerable of a loss. They took 6 more of Co. 
K. prisoners, but 3 of them g"ot off. I don't think any one 
can imagine how exciting such a fracas as that is in thick 
brush. As quick as our line started the Rebs. running, I went 
back on the ground, and found a lot of dead and wounded 
Rebs. Every prisoner of the 20th Ga. had whiskey in his can- 
teen, and all said they had all issued to them that they wanted. 
I never saw such a dirty, greasy set of mortals. They have 
had no rest since they left Dalton. On account of my skir- 
mishers losing so heavily, we have been relieved from the line, 
and are now in rifle pits, and are supporting those who re- 
lieved us. 

May 28th, 9. A. M. 

Still in rifle pits. We have been treated tO' a terrific storm 
of shells, spherical case, and solid shot. The batteries are in 
plain sight of each other, and the gunners call it a thousand 
yards between them. I don't think either battery does very 
fine work, but they make it more than interesting for us. A 
conical shell from a 12 pound gun passed through a log and 
struck a company C man on the leg, only bruising him. Two 
solid shot fell in my company works, but hurt no' one. 7 
p. M. Talk about fighting, etc., we've seen it this p. m. sure, 
of all the interesting and exciting times on record this must 
take the palm. At about 3! p. m., a heavy column of Rebs. 
rose from a brush with a yell the devil ought to copyright, 
broke for and took three guns of the ist Iowa battery which 
were in front of the works (they never should have been 
placed there) ; the 6th Iowa boys without orders charged the 
Rebs, retook the battery and drove them back. They came 
down on our whole line, both ours and the i6th A. C, and 



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for two hours attempted to drive us out. We repulsed them 
at every point without serious loss to us, but 1' l>elieve 
they are at least 3.000 men short. In our Brig. Col. Dicker- 
man. Lt. Col. 6th Iowa commanding, and Maj. Giesey, com- 
manding 46th Ohio, are wounded. Beside these, I don't think 
our Brig, lost over 80. It was a grand thing. I did not lose 
a man and only three Cos. of our regiment lost any. When 
the musketry was playing the hottest, Logan came dashing 
up along our line, waved his hat and told the boys to "give 
them hell boys," you should have heard them cheer him. It 
is Hardee's Corps fighting us, and he promised his men a 
"Chickamauga," but it turned out a "Bull Run" on their part. 
It is the same corps our regiment fought at Mission Ridge. 
Our line is very thin along here, but guess we can save it now. 
I heard a 40th boy get ofif an oddity this evening, he said, "If 
they come again, I am going to yell if there's any danger of 
their taking us, "Worlds by Nation Right into line Wheel," 
and if that don't scare them, I propose going. 

May 29th 4 p. M. 

Have been in the rifle pits all day. We're now expecting a 
charge from the Rebs., that is. our Division commander is. I 
think they will lose an immense sight of men if they attempt 
it. News to-day of Davis moving his capital to Columbia, S. 
C. and of Grant's driving Lee across the S. Anna River. 

Monday, May 30th. 

.•\t dark last night I was put in charge of our Brig, skirmish 
line of 4 Co's. ; by 9 130 I had everything arranged to our 
notion. About that time the musketry commenced fire on our 
left and continued for a half an hour; it was very heavy. Some 



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3 OT 4 pieces of artillery also opened on our side. That thing 
was repeated 8 times during the night, the last fight being just 
before daylight. When I was down on the right of the line I 
could hear the Rebs. talking about the fight and saying it was 
a mighty hard one, and ''I wonder whether our men or the 
Yanks are getting the best of it." These night fights are very 
grand. I understand this fighting occurred between Hooker 
and the "Johnnies." Attacks were made by each side, repulses 
easy. I guess from what little I hear there was a good deal 
more shooting than hitting on both sides. I think it was the 
intention for us to move to the left last night, but so much 
fighting prevented it. I don't know when I have been sO' used 
up as this morning, and the whole command is not far from 
the same condition, but a few hours sleep made me all right 
again this morning. The Rebs. are much more tired than we; 
they have had no rest since leaving Dalton. One of their 
wounded, a Capt., told me that one of their surgeons told him 
their loss since leaving Dalton in killed and wounded would 
amount to 25,000. That's pretty strong, the 3rd of it or 
10,000, I conld believe. I was relieved at dark to-day from 
skirmishing duty. 

May 31st. 

Geiis. Sherman, McPherson, Logan, and Barry visited our 
position yesterday. Sherman looks very well. Logan smiled 
and bo-wed in return to my salute as though he recognized me. 
During the fight of the 28th I was standing, when he was 
riding along our lines on the inside of the rifle pits (with a 
hatful of ammunition), just over my men. He stopped by 
me and said: "It's all right, damn it, isn't it?" I returned: 
"It's all right. General." The Rebs. were quite busy last night 



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running troops and artillery along our front both ways. Some 
think they planted a number of guns opposite us. I hear some 
of the officers talking as though a fight was expected to-day. 
Their sharpshooters are making it quite warm here this morn- 
ing; several men have been struck, but none hurt seriously. 

7 p. M. 

The Rebs. have just finished throwing 126 shells at us, 
only 19 of which bursted. We expected they would follow it 
with a charge, but they hardly will attempt it this late. I think 
we have lost none to-day in the Reg't. Their shell hurt no 
one. Logan was slightly wounded in the arm yesterday. Col. 
Dickerman died this morning. 

June ist, 5 miles W. of Ackworth. 

At daylight this morning we left our position on the right 
and moved over here, 6 or 7 miles, and relieved Hooker'") 
20th Corps, which moved around to the left. It was ticklish 
business moving out from under at least 30 of the 
enemy's guns and we did it zrry quietly. They did not sus- 
pect it. We are now within 90 yards of the Reb. works, and 
the shooting is very lively. Only one of our Reg't. wounded 
to-day. I would much rather be here than where we were, for 
there they shot at us square from 3 sides, and here they can 
but from one front. This is dense woods and the ground be- 
tween our works nearly level. There are two lines of works 
here 30 yards apart ; we occupy the rear works to-day, but will 
relieve the 6th Iowa to-morrow and take the front. This is 
the ground that Hooker had his big fight on, on the 25th of 
May. He lost some 2,000 men killed and wounded. The 



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woods are all torn up with canister, shell and shot, and bloody- 
shoes, clothing and accouterments are thick. 

June 2nd. 

The 40th 111. returned to-day, and was right glad to see 
them back. We have lost no men to-day. The 17th A. C. is 
beginning to come in. We advanced our works last night, 
commencing a new line in front of our Reg't. The Rebs. 
didn't fire at us once, though they might as well have killed 
some one as not. Col. Wright and 10 men picked out the 
ground and then I took a detail and went to work. By day- 
light we had enough of rifle pit to cover 50 men and had the 
men in it. I tell you it waked them up when our boys opened 
upon them. This is getting on the Vicksburg order. The 
troops are in splendid spirits and everything is going on as well 
as could be wished. I think this thing will be brought to a 
focus in a few days. 

June 3rd. 

Relieved the 6th Iowa at 6 :30 this a. m. The Rebs. shoot 
pretty close. Killed Orderly Sergt. of Co. I. (VanSyckle), 
and wounded 3 men in our Reg't. to-day. This makes 50 in 
killed, wounded and prisoners, or one in every six. 

June 4th. 

We have had a good deal of fun to-day. The firing has 
been brisker than usual on account of our advancing our 
works. We got up a mock charge this afternoon, which came 
pretty near scaring the Reb. skirmishers out of their boots, 
and made a good deal of fun for us. Our Reg't. is on fatigue 
duty. We are working within 80 yards of the Rebel works. 



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They cut a Co. C. man's finger off when he raised his pick 
to-day. Another of our men was shot in the face. I, with 
my Co. work from 12 to-night 'till 3 in the morning. 

June 5th. 

The Rehs. run last night. Everything gone this morn- 
ing slick and clean. Our Reg't. was the first in their works. 
I was over their works to-day and find three lines, two of 
them very strong. A number of dead men lay between their 
lines and ours, which neither side could bury. They were 
killed during Hooker's fight of May 25th. 

Well, 1 expect another heat like this at the Qiattahochie 
River and when he get them out of there, as we are bound to 
do, ho ! for easy times ! 

My health continues excellent, and I hope it will till this 
cami)aign is over. I am making up for some of my easy 
times soldiering. The Rebs. were awful dirty and the smell 
in their camps, dreadful. 

We got some 25 prisoners in front of our Division. I think 
one more big stand will wind the thing up. They made no 
noise whatever in getting away. I was from 12 to 3 o'clock 
in the night working within 75 yards of them: and did not 
hear them at all. At one place their works ran through a 
graveyard, and they had torn down all the pailings inclosing 
graves, to make beds for themselves, and unnecessarily de- 
stroyed everything of beauty around. I am sure we would 
not have done so in our own country, and / would not any- 
where. I don't give these Rebels half the credit for humanity 
or any of the qualities civilized beings should possess, that I 
used to. I estimate loss of our army here at 7,000 — killed. 



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wounded and missing. It may be more. Heavy reinforce- 
ments are arriving though, and the strength of the army is 
much greater than at any time heretofore. Spirits excellent. 
T could tell some awful stories of dead men, but forbear. We 
moved at 5' a. m. about 4I miles toward the R. R., and have 
gone intO' camp for the night. 

This is the first day since May 26th that I have been out of 
the range of Rebel guns, and hardly an hour of that time that 
the bullets have not been whistling and thumping around. I 
tell you it is a strain on a man's nerves, but, like everything 
else that hurts, one feels better when he gets over it. 

June 6th. 

I will try and send you this to-day. Our P. M. never 
calls for letters, though we could send them if he would. I 
will try hereafter to send oftener, though you must not feel 
anxious about me. I will take the best care I can of myself 
(and do my whole duty). I yet think that to be connected 
with such a campaign as this is well worth risking one's life 
for. It occasionally gets a little old, but so does everything 
in this life, and altogether I don't know but that it wears as 
well as any .of life's pleasures. Do you remember when I 
was at home how little I knew about good eatables? Here 
it is a great advantage to me. For five weeks we have been 
living on "hard tack," pickled pork and coffee, varied by not 
half a dozen meals of beef, not even beans or rice. Nearly 
every one grumbles, but I have as yet felt no loss of appetite, 
and hardly the desire for a change. 

Nearly all the prisoners we capture say they are done fight- 
ing and shamefully say, many of them, that if exchanged and 
put back in the ranks they will shirk rather than fight. It 



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would mortify me very much if I thought any of our men 
that they captured would talk so. It seems to me that the 
Confederacy is only held together by its officers exercising at 
least the power of a Czar, and that should we leave it to itself 
it would crumble. Well, I am calculating that this campaign 
will end about the 15th of July, in Atlanta. I cannot hope 
for a leave of absence again until my time is out, unless I 
resign, and if active cam.paigning continues, as some think it 
will, until the war is over, of course I will have no chance to 
do the latter. Give my love to all. Cousin James is near me 
here, and I expect to see him soon. 

Passed Charlie Maple on the road yesterday ; also saw Cleg- 
get Briney. He is a splendid looking boy. Tliey say the 7th 
Cav'ry. will soon be here; also the 8th Ills. I will try to write 
you every week hereafter. 

June 6th, i mile south of Ackworth. 

We moved through town and arrived here this p. m. Ack- 
worth is a nice little town. All the "ton" have moved south. 

We will lay here two days, and then for Atlanta again. I was 
out of provisions all day yesterday, and when I got a supply last 
night filled up to suffocation, but feel splendidly to-day. They 
credit a prisoner with saying that Sherman will never go to 
hell, for he'll flank the devil and make heaven in spite of all 
the guards. The army is in glorious spirits. I hope the next 
time to date from Atlanta, but can hardly hope that for three 
weeks yet. 

June 7th, same place. 

Our Brig, has to-day been on a reconnoissance, sup- 
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We started the Johnnies not more than a mile from here, and 
skirmished with them, driving them to the Kennesaw range 
of mountains, about five miles. Our Brig, lost nothing. 
Wilder's mounted Inft'y. did the skirmishing and had some 
8 to lo wounded. Four dead Rebels fell into^ our hands. 
Cousin James called on me yesterday. I am much pleased 
with him. He is a No. i soldier, I know. He has run some 
pretty close risks this campaign, but who would not for the 
sake of taking part in it? I shall always think it abundantly 
worth risking one's life for. To-morrow night we can tell 
whether the enemy intends fighting us at this place or not. 
They left on the field to-day a dozen or twenty real lances. 
They are the first I ever saw in the service. The staff is 8' 
or 9 feet long with a pointed head of ten inches in length. 
They were a right plucky set of Johnnies. 

Our battery burst a shell over the edge of a piece of woods 
and I saw some 20 Rebs. scatter like a lot of scared rats. 

June loth. near Big Shanty, Ga. 

Army moved this a. m. Found the enemy again at this 
place, and have been in line of battle a dozen times more or 
less. Our Brig, is in reserve for the rest of the Division. This 
is the Kennesaw Mountain; from the top of one peak, the 
Rebs. could see probably 25,000 Yanks. Some ladies were 
there in sight observing us. We are to-night in a dense wood 
some f -of a mile S. W. of the main road. The enemy does 
not seem to be close in our immediate front, but there is con- 
siderable firing about a Brig, to our right. Gen. Sherman's 
staff say that a general fight is not expected here. A. J. Smith 
is starting for Mobile from Vicksburg. That's glorious. We 
to-dav heard of the nomination at Baltimore of Lincoln and 



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Johnson. Very glad that Lincoln is renominated, but it don't 
make any excitement in the army. The unanimity of the con- 
vention does us more good than anything else. I received a 
letter from Gen. "Dick" (Oglesby) last night. He is much 
pleased with his nomination and has no doubt of his success. 
Neither have I. If we had the privilege the whole Ills, army 
would vote for him. 

We are having a good deal of rain, say about 6 hard showers 
a day. The roads are badly cut up. The hour or two- hours 
sun between showers makes the men all right. The Rebs. have 
no oilcloths, and must be troubled with so much rain. 

June nth. 

Col. Wright and I rode out to the front to-day. The John- 
nies are about i^ miles from us, and occupying what looks 
like a very strong position. Rumor says that Sherman has 
said that he can force them to leave here any moment, but 
will wait for supplies and the roads to dry up. The cars got 
to Big Shanty about noon to-day. and indulged in a long and 
hilarious shriek. The Reb. locomotive about two miles fur- 
ther down the road, answered with a yell of defiance. 

I hear to-day that the 23rd Corps took 2,000 prisoners and 
2 cannon. I guess its yes. Rosecrans is actually coming, they 
say. I don't think we need him. Sherman moves very cau- 
tiously, and everybody feels the utmost confidence in him. I 
saw him yesterday — seems to me lie is getting fleshy. He 
don't look as though he had anything more important than a 
40 acre farm to attend to. 

It has rained almost all day. You musn't expect me to 
write anything but military now, for it is about all we think of. 



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June 1 2th. It commenced raining before daylight, and has 
not ceased an instant all day. We are lucky in the roads 
where it can't get very muddy, but so much rain is confound- 
edly disagreeable. The only source of consolation is the 
knowledge that the Rebs fare much worse than we do. They 
have neither tents nor oilcloths. For once our Corps is in 
reserve. The i6th and 17th united their lines in front of us 
this morning. The 17th A. C. especially is using ammuni- 
tion with a looseness. They are just getting their hands in. 
The rain is real cold. If it were not for hearing the musketry 
and artillery firing we wouldn't know there was an enemy 
within 50 miles. This is said to be the Georgia Gold country. 
I could just pick up some beautiful specimens of quartz and a 
flinty stone (maybe quartz also) in which the isinglass 
shines, and in some places I have picked off sheets two inches 
square. No forage here. Four deserters came in to-day. 

They say that Johnston had an order read to his troops that 
Wheeler had cut the R. R. in our rear, and destroyed our 
supply trains. The troops all cheered it heartily, but hardly 
had they got their mouths shut when our locomotives came 
whistling intO' Big Shanty, one mile from their lines. The 
deserters say it disgusted them so much they concluded they'd 
quit and go home. I wish Sherman would attack them now, 
for we would be sure to get what trains and artillery they 
have here. 

June 13th. The rain continued till 5 p. m. Everything 
and everybody thoroughly soaked. Our Div. moved about 
\ a mile to the left this P. m. Strategy!! We moved out 
into an open ploughed field. You can imagine the amount of 
comfort one could enjoy so situated, after two days' constant 
rain, and the water still coming down in sheets. 



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The field is trodden into a bed of mortar. No one has 
ventured a guess of the depth of the mud. It is cold enough 
for fires and overcoats. My finger nails are as blue as if I 
iiad the ag^e. There is one consolation to be drawn from the 
cold, it stops the chigres from biting us. I would rather 
have a bushel of fleas, and a million of mosquitoes on me than 
a pint of chigres, — don't know the orthoepy. 

They are a little bit of a red thing, — just an atom bigger 
than nothing; they burrow into the skin and cause an itching 
that beats the regular "camp" all hollow. Some of my men 
have scars from "chigga" bites that they received at Big 
Black last summer, and will carry them across the Styx. The 
ants here also have an af^nity for human flesh and are con- 
tinually reconnoitering us. I kill about 200,000 per day. 
Also knock some 600 worms off me. Great country this for 
small vermin. I pick enough entomological specimens off me 
every day to start a museum. I do manage to keep clear of 
greybacks, though. 

Every time I commence talking about chigres I feel short 
of language. I am satisfied of one thing, if my finger nails 
don't wear out, there'll be no flesh left on my bones by 
autumn. The case stands finger nails vs. Qiigres, and skin 
is the sufferer. Notwithstanding rain, cold or chigres, we 
are in excellent spirits. Sherman don't tell us anything (in 
orders) good or bad. but every man feels that we have a 
"goodly thing" and is content to work and Avait. I never 
heard less complaining, or saw troops in better spirits. If we 
get to Atlanta in a week all right; if it takes us two months 
you won't hear this army grumble. We know^ that Pap is 
ruiinin^r the machine and our confidence in him is unbounded. 



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We have so far had abundanceof rations, but if it comes 
down to half, we will again say *'all right." Our army is 
stronger to-day than it ever was in numbers and efficiency. I 
am sure that there is not a demoralized Co. in the command. 
There has been considerable shooting along the front to-day, 
and the lines have been advanced some, but we are nearly a 
mile back, and being constantly ready to move. I have not been 
out, and don't know much about the exact situation. Its 
something new for our Div. to be in reserve. Time passes 
much more quickly in the front. The general opinion is that 
we are gradually working to the left, and will cross the Chat- 
tahoochie about E. or N. E. of Marietta. We are now 26 
miles from Atlanta by R. R. and something nearer by pike. 

June 14th. 

Four officers and 28 men deserted from the Rebs last night. 
The Rebel Capt. told one of my Corporals that in their Brig, 
there is an organization the members of which avow it their 
purpose to desert the first opportunity. These men are satis- 
fied the game is up with them, and give it as their reason for 
deserting. They say the whole Brig, will come as opportunity 
offers. Lively artillery firing in front of us this morning. 
We hear that Grant has pushed Lee to his fortifications at 
Richmond. Suppose the report will be, Grant will cut his 
communications S. and W. and Lee will evacuate. I see the 
papers have us across the Chattahoochie, away S. of the R. R. 
Of course that is a poor article of gas, from our sensational 
correspondent in the far rear. 

It looks to me as if the Rebs. have a very strong position 
in front of us now, but I may be mistaken. We have been 
quietly laying in camp all day. I must credit Georgis with 



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one pleasant June day, that is not too warm. There has been 
the usual amount of firing to-day, though few hurt. 

June 15th. 

This has been a star day, and a better feeling lot of men 
that compose our Brig, will be hard to find, for to-night any 
way. The morning was occupied in cleaning guns, &c. At 
1 1 o'clock the assembly was sounded, and we moved i^ miles, 
which brought us on the left of the whole army. By i p. m. 
we had our line formed running from right to left, 103rd 111., 
6th la.. 46th Ohio, 40th 111., with the 97th Ind. deployed as 
skirmishers. We were in about the center of an open lot of 
plantati<jns. facing a densely wooded hill of mayl^e 300 acres. 
It was a plumb 1/3 mile to it and already the enemy's sharp- 
shooters were reaching our men from it. 

One of Co. K's men was shot here, and one of H's. At 
precisely i p. m. we started, the men having been notified that 
they would have to get to that woods as quickly as possible. 
The Rebels opened pretty lively; (right in front of where I 
am now writing is a house. On the porch I see 1 1 children, 
not over 9 years old. All belong to one woman. Haven't 
seen her, but from what I have seen in this country, wouldn't 
dispute the man who would tell me she was only 20 years old. 
This is a great stock country.) as we started, but the boys 
raised a cheer that ivas a cheer, and we went down on them 
regular storm fashion. A hundred yards before we got to 
the hill we ran into a strong line of rifle pits, swarming with 
Johnies. They caved and commenced begging. The pit I 
came to had about 20 in it. They were scared until some of 
them were blue, and if you ever heard begging for life, it was 



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then. Somebody yelled out "let's take the hill," and we left 
the prisoners and broke. At the foot of the hill we came to 
a muddy rapid stream, from lo to 15 feet wide and no cross- 
ing, so we plunged in. I got wet to my middle, and many 
did to their breasts. 

The banks were steep and slippery and muddy. But we all 
expected a serious fight on the hill, up we went every man for 
himself, and through to an open field, over which some 200 
straggling sandy looking Johnies were trying tO' get away, 
which most of them accomplished, as we were too tired to 
continue the pursuit, fast enough to overtake them. How- 
ever, the boys shot a lot of them. Well, they call it a gallant 
thing. We took 542 prisoners, and killed and wounded I 
suppose 100. 

The whole loss in our Brig, is not 10 killed and 50 
wounded. I only had one man wounded in my Co., Corp. 
E. D. Slater. There were three killed and 9 wounded in the 
Reg't. 

There were three Reg'ts of Rebs. — the 31st, 40th and 54th 
Ala. They ought to have killed and wounded at least 500 of 
us, but we scared them out of it. They shot too high all the 
time. Osterhaus also had a hard fight to-day, was successful 
in taking a line of rifle pits. 

Thomas drove them a mile. 

June 1 6th. 

We moved back a mile last night, being relieved by the 
17th Corps. Taking it easy again to~day. There has been 
a lively artillery fight right in front of us to-day. Tell * * 
* if any of the 31st or 40th Ala. officers report at Johnson's 
Island, to give them my compliments. One Capt. offered 



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me his sword, but I hadn't time to stop. We wanted that 
hill, then. 

June 17th. Near Big Shanty, Ga. 

Has rained steadily all day, wetting everybody, but "drying 
up" all shooting. A very disagreeable day. I saw 83 Rebs 
come in to-day, about ^ of whom were deserters and the rest 
figured to get captured. 

June 1 8th. 

It rained steadily till 4 p. m. and had hardly ceased a min- 
ute when our guns opened and the skirmish lines joined issue. 
Gen. Harrow and Col. Wright rode out to the left some 20a 
yards from the Reg't and narrowly escaped a trip over the 
river, a shell bursting right under the nose of the Genl.'s 
horse. 

June 19th. 

This is the 50th day of the campaign. Our Brig, has been 
under musketry fire 12 days, artillery about 30. We have as 
a Brig, fought three nice little battles, in as many days, repuls- 
ing two charges, and making one which was a perfect suc- 
cess. We have captured all told about 650 prisoners, and I 
think 1,000 a very low estimate of the number we have killed 
and wounded. I think Cheatham's and Bates' Rebel Divi- 
sions will say the same. We have thus cleared ourselves with 
a loss to us of nearly 300, or fully 1/5 of the command. The 
other 9 days we were on the skirmish line, in the rifle pits 
or front line. 

This morning an order was read to pursue the enemy imme- 
diately and in ten minutes the "assembly" was sounded. The 



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enemy had fallen back on his flanks, and maybe was intending 
to evacuate, for our right had swung around him further than 
I, if in his place, would consider healthy. But he had not yet 
left the Twin mountains. The line now runs from right to 
left by Corps, 23rd, 20th, 4th, 14th, 15th, i6th, 17th. The 
14th Corps lost heavily to-day, but drove the Rebels four 
miles. The 23rd Corps was still going at last accounts. The 
artillery firing to-day was beautiful. Our Division advanced 
about I a mile only. The Twin Mountains are right in front 
of us, and I have seen the Rebs shooting from six batteries on 
the crest and sides. Our batteries on a line 600 yards in 
front answer them promptly. 

Only one shell has burst near us, and that 100 yards to our 
right. 

The 55th had one killed and two wounded just in front of 
us, by shells. All parts of the line advanced from one to five 
miles to-day, the right swinging forward farthest, a-la-gate. 
Osterhaus' Headquarters are 30 yards to our right. A solid 
shot from the mountain went through one of his tents yester- 
day. It has rained hard all day, but nobody minds it a par- 
ticle. The general feeling is that the Rebs have fallen back 
to their main position, although they have abandoned ground 
that we would have held i against 5. I can't hear that any 
line of battle has been engaged to-day, but the force on the 
advance skirmish lines was probably doubled at least. You 
would not smile at the idea of sleeping on the ground allotted 
to us to-night. Mud from 6 to 8 inches deep. 

June 20, II A. M. Same place, front of Twin Mts. 

Rebs still on the mountain, a good deal of our artillery, a 
little of theirs, and not much musketry this morning. Wheeler 



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is in our rear, but we don't care for that. I do hope, though, 
that Forrest will not be allowed to come over here. We are 
all well and feeling fine, but wishing very much to see the level 
country beyond these mountains. In a "Commercial" of the 
15th I see the Rebel loss in the charge of Bates' (Rebel) divi- 
sion on the 27th of May was 72 killed and 350 wounded, and 
56 missing. That charge w-as made almost altogether on our 
Brig, and my skirmish line did f of the damage. The 
40th Ala. we captured the other day inquired for the 8th Ills. 
They fought each other at Vicksburg and got well acquainted 
in the rifle pits. McPherson and Logan have just gone down 
to the front and there is talk of a fight to-day, but it is hard 
telling when one will have to go in. Can't tell till the order 
to "commence firing" is heard. Wagstaff will be home in a 
few days. I would like to date my next from a new place, but 
Sherman and Johnston decide that matter. 

This is fast becoming tedious. Johnston has no regard for 
one's feelings. 

We are all exceedingly anxious to see what is the other 
side of these mountains, but this alx)minable Johnston has no 
idea of letting us take a look until he is forced to. He is a 
good natured fellow in some respects, too, for here we have 
our "flies" stretched, and our camp fires and our wagons 
around us in good range of his guns, and not a shot does he 
give us. You understand that we are in reserve. Our front 
line is along the foot of the mountain, and we lay back about 
a mile. But it is all oi)en between us and the front, and we 
sit in the shade, and, as we have this p. m., see 20 Rebel guns 
firing on our men. Why they don't make us get out of this 
is beyond me to tell. Hundreds of wagons and ambulances 
are parked around us, and right by us is parked the reserve 



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artillery of our Corps, all in plain view of the Rebels on the 
mountains, but not a gun is fired at us. Yesterday they 
dropped one shell a hundred yards tO' our right and quit, as 
much as to say : "We could stir you Yanks if we wanted 
to, but it is all right." 

I don't know how this looks to outsiders, but it seems tO' me 
as the coolest thing of the campaign, pitching tents right un- 
der the enemy's guns, without a particle of cover. Being 
under artillery fire in a fight or while supporting a battery is 
all right, and if we were in rifle pits or behind the crest of 
a hill 'twould be ditto, but moving right out and pitching tents 
under the noses of Rebel 32-pounders beats me and I guess 
it beats them. We all feel a pride in the thing and I'd see the 
Johnnies to the devil before I'd dodge the biggest cannon ball 
they've got there. The artillery this p. m. has been the heav- 
iest I have heard this campaign. 

June 2 1 St. 

No variation to report to-day. Heavy rain yesterday and 
to-day. Some 350 prisoners were sent in from the right yes- 
terday, and about 80 more that I know of to-day. Figure that 
we have taken about 3,000 prisoners at this place. Since the 
army went into position here the right has advanced about 
6 miles, the center 2 miles, and the left 3^ to 4 miles. The 
musketry from dark last night till 11 p. m. v;as very busy in 
front of the 4th Corps, though it may have been only a heavy 
skirmish line. I hear to-day that the 4th Corps took a strong 
Rebel position last night while that firing was going on and 
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June 22nd. 

Our Adj't Wagstaff is out of the service and the recom- 
mendation for Frank Lermond to receive the appointment has 
gone on to Gov. Yates. Frank is well worthy of the place 
and has earned it. We flatter ourselves that no Regt. has 
less skulkers than ours, in battle, and we have through the 
Corps, a name that Fulton need not fear will disgrace her. 
We have all day been ready at a moment's notice to support 
the 4th Corps. Saw Chandler yesterday. He is on M. L. 
Smith's staff. I wish a little party of Cantonians could be 
here to-night to see the artillery firing. Our view of the 
Rebel guns is excellent. With glasses we can see them load. 
Tlie artillerists say our field glasses are not so good. Many 
are prophesying that the Johnnies will vamoose during the 
''stilly night." Much as I want to, can't see it. Looks like too 
good a thing. 

June 23rd, 9 A. M. 

The Rebs. op>ened furiously from the mountain last night, 
about 12. Hear they were firing at a division of the 14th who 
had advanced and were fortifying. No harm done. I failed 
to wake up. It is reported this morning that Ewell's Corps 
has arrived to reinforce Johnson. Don't think it will make 
him strong enough to assume the offensive, if true, and don't 
believe it any way. Artillery commenced again half an hour 
since, and goes on slowly. Rebs. haven't gone surely. Love 
to all. 

June 26th. Front of Kenesaw Mt. 

Nothing worth mentioning has occurred since my last. The 
usual amount of artillery and musketry have kept us sure of 



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the enemy's still holding his position. I have sent you, piece- 
meal, a journal of every day since May ist, excepting the 
last 4 days, which were stupid. It promises to be interesting 
enough now. We received orders yesterday p. m. to be ready 
to move at dark, and were all glad enough. When we are 
in the face of the enemy I believe one is better contented in 
the front line than anywhere else, though, like every other 
good thing, it becomes old. At 7 p. m. we moved out and it 
took us till 2 A. M. to march three miles. We relieved Jeff. C. 
Davis' division, which moved farther tO' the right. It is right 
at the foot of the west one of the twin mountains. The John- 
nies shot into our ranks with impunity. They have to-day 
killed one and wounded three of our Brig, that I know of, 
and more in the first Brig. Dr. Morris' brother is the only 
man struck in our Reg't ; he is not hurt much. 

June 27th, daylight. 

The battle comes off to-day. It will be opened on the 
flanks at six a. m. We do' not commence till 8 a. m. Our 
Brig, and one from each of the other two divisions of the 
Corps are selected to charge the mountain. The 17th A. C. 
will try the left hand mountain. If we are successful with a 
loss of only half our number in this mountain charging, I will 
think our loss more than repaid. I believe we are going to 
thoroughly whip Johnston to-day, and if we fail I do not 
care to live to see it. 

June 28th. 

The attack was not general ; it was made by our Brig, and 
M. L. Smith's Division. We lost nearly one-third of the 
Brig. Our Reg't's loss is 17 killed and 40 wounded. My 



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Co. had 5 killed and 4 wounded. Col. Wright was shot quite 
Ixidly in the leg and Lts. Montgomery, Branson and Bailey 
were killed. In my Co. Corps. Whittaker, Myers and Private 
Sam. Mclntyre, Art. Myers, and Jacob Maxwell, were killed. 
Sergt. Breed, Privates Bishop, Frank Breed and James Will- 
iamson were wounded. We held all the ground we took 
(under our fire), but had to leave a few of our dead till dark. 
Chi the p. M. of the 26th Col. Wright told me that Gen. 
McPherson and Col. Wolcott (our Brig, commander) had 
been out through the day examining the ground in front, and 
that it was in contemplation to carry the S. W. spur of the 
mountain by a charge, and further, that it was not impossible 
that our Brig, would be in, as usual. Tliis was kept quiet 
in the command. About 8 p. m. I was at Col. Wright's Hd. 
Qrs. with several of the officers and we were talking the 
matter over, when an order came for the Col. to report at 
Brig. H'd Qrs. I Ijelieve every one present instantly con- 
cluded that we were to fight, and knowing the country before 
us to be about on a par with Lookout Mt. you can imagine 
we did not particularly enjoy the prospect. The Col. returned 
in about an hour. We had all, I believe, fallen asleep. He 
woke us and said : "Have your men get their breakfasts by 
daylight; at 6 a. m. the fight will begin on the right, and nt 
8 A. M. our Brig, will, with one from the ist and 2nd Divi- 
sions, charge a spur of the mountain." I turned away and, 
after notifying my Ord. Sergt. to have the men up on time, 
I turned in. Thought the matter over a little while and after 
pretty fully concluding "good-bye, vain world," went to sleep. 
Before daylight in the morning we were in line, and 
moving a few hundred yards to the rear of our works, and 
stacked arms in a grove, which would hide us from the ob- 



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servation of the Rebs. on the mountain. You know from 
where we have been for a few days, we could see them plainly. 
Cannonading commenced on the right at 6 a. m. and at 7^ 
we moved half or f of a mile along our lines to the right, after 
piling oiir knapsacks and haversacks. A canteen of water 
was the only extra baggage any one carried. The Rebs. 
caught sight of us as we commenced moving, and opened v 
battery on us. It had the effect to accelerate our movements 
considerably. Right in front of a Division of the 4th Corps 
we halted, and rapidly formed our line. While forming the 
line Corp. Myers of my Co. was killed by a bullet within six 
feet of me, and one of Co. K's men wounded. I don't know 
how many more. The ground to be gone over was covered 
with a dense undergrowth of oak and vines of all kinds bind- 
ing the dead and live timber and bush together, and making 
an almost impenetrable abatis. To keep a line in such a place 
was out of the question. Our skirmishers were sharply en- 
gaged from the start, and men commenced falling in the main 
line; at the same time some 50 of the Rebel skirmish line 
were captured, and many of them killed. A Rebel Lieut, and 
five men lay dead, all nearly touching each other. 

I understand that they had been summoned to surrender, 
and were shot either for refusing or before negotiations were 
completed. Not a man in our Regt. knew where the Rebel 
works were when we started, and I think the most of them 
found them as I did. I had with my Co. got within, I think, 
60 yards of the Rebel works, and was moving parallel with 
them. The balls were whistling thick around us, but I could 
see no enemy ahead. 

I did not even think of them being on our flank, until one 
of the boys said, "Look, there, Capt. ; may I shoot?" I looked 



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to the right, and just across a narrow and deep ravine was 
the Rebel works, while a confused mass of greybacks were 
crow(Hng up the ravine. These latter, I suppose, were from 
their skirmish line, which was very heavy, and trying tJ 
escape us. The Rebels in the works were firing vigorously 
and have no excuse for not annihilating our three left Cos., 
K, G and B. The right of the Regt. had seen them before 
and already started for them. I shouted "forward" to my 
men and we ran down across the ravine, and about ^ the 
way up the hill on which their works were and then lay down. 
There was little protection from their fire, though, and if they 
had done their duty, not a man of us would have got out 
alive. Our men fired rapidly and kept them well down in 
their works. It would have been madness to have attempted 
carrying their works then, for our Regt. had not a particle 
of support, and we were so scattered that we only presented 
the appearance of a very thin skirmish line. If we had been 
supported by only one line, I have not a doubt but that we 
would have taken their line of works. Col. Wright was 
wounded a few minutes after we got into the hollow, and 
Frank Lermond came to me and told me I would have to take 
command of the Regt. I went down to the center and the 
order was heard to retire. I communicated it to the left and 
saw nearly all the men out, and then fell back. 

I could not find the Regt. when I came out, but collected 
about 30 of our men on the left of the 6th Iowa, and after 
a while Col. Wright and Capt. Post brought the Regt. to 
where we were, when we formed a Brig, line, and threw up 
works within 200 yards of the enemy's, where we remained 
until 9 p. M., when we returned to the position we occupied in 
the morning. About 12 of our dead were left in the ravine, 



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under the fire of the enemy's guns. But we have as many of 
their dead as they have of ours. Lt. Col. Bamhill, of the 40th 
Ills., and Capt. Augustine, of the 55th Ills., were killed and 
left on the field. My loss is 5 killed and 4 wounded. Two of 
my dead, Corp. Whittaker and Artemus Myers, were left on 
the field. Loss in the Regt. is 17 killed — 40 wounded. In 
the Brig. 245 killed and wounded. It was a rough affair, but 
we were not whipped. The prettiest artillery fight I ever saw 
was over our heads in the evening, about 10 guns on each 
side. 

June 29th. 

There was a night charge made by the Rebs. on our right 
last night. They got beautifully "scooped." We have been 
laying quiet all day. Lots of artillery, though but few shots 
come near us. 

June 30th, 8 A. M. 

There was a terrific fight on our right, commencing at 2 
this morning and lasting till 3. I have not yet heard what It 
was. 

Some deserters passed us this morning. I have lost just 
half the men I left Scottsborough with just two months ago, 
but what I have left are every man ready to help. We have 
a good deal more than "cleared" ourselves. I had my canteen 
strap cut off by a bullet and a spent glancing ball struck my 
ankle. 

July I St. 

This campaign is coming down to a question of muscle 
and nerve. It is the 62d day for us, over 50 of which we 



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have passed under fire. I don't know anything more exhaust- 
ing. One consolation is that the Rebs. are a good deal worse 
off than we are. They have lost more men in battle, their 
deserters count by thousands, and their sick far exceed ours. 
Wq'W wear them out yet. Our army has been reinforced by 
fully as many as we have lost in action, so that our loss will 
not exceed our sick. You notice in the papers accounts of 
Hooker's charging ''Lost Mountain,'' taking a large number 
of prisoners, and the names of officers. You see they are all 
from the 31st and 40th Ala. It is also credited to Blair's 17th 
Corps. Our Brig, took all those officers on the 15th of June. 
I wrote you an account of it then. It hurts us some to see it 
credited to other troops, but such is the fortune of war, and 
soldiers who do not keep a reporter must expect it. Col. 
Wright starts for home to-day. 

July 2nd. 

We have been taking it easy since the charge. Our shells 
keep the Rebs. stirred up all the time. Sham attacks are also 
got up twice or three times a day. which must annoy them very 
much. 

July 3rd. 

Rebs. all gone this morning. Our toys were on the moun- 
tains at daylight. Hundreds of deserters have come in. Os- 
terhaus moved around the left of the mountain to Marietta, all 
the rest of the army went to the right of it. We are about ^ 
a mile from town ; have not l^een in. All who have, say it is 
the prettiest place we have seen South. Some artillery firing 
has been heard this p. m. 5 or 6 miles south, and there are 
runiors that an advance has captured a large number of pri.s- 
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July 4th. 

I count it the hardest 4th I have seen in the service. About 
8 a. m. we moved out, passed through Marietta, which is by 
far the prettiest town I have seen South (about the size of 
Canton), and continued south nearly all the way along our 
line of works. Marched about 1 1 miles. Not more than ^ 
of the men stacked arms when we halted for the night; fell 
out along the roads. I have seen more than 1,000 prisoners 
and deserters. 

July 5th. 

Can hear no firing this p. m. It seems the Rebs. have got 
across the Chattahoochie. We are about 12 miles from At- 
lanta. The river will probably trouble us some, but we all 
think "Pap" will make it before Aug. ist. Johnston don't 
dare give us anything like a fair fight. We are all in splendid 
spirits and the boys have made the woods ring with their 4th 
of July cheers, tired as they are. We have lost no men since 
the charge of the 27th. I have an Atlanta paper, giving an 
account of that fight. They say we were all drunk with whisky 
and fought more like devils than men. 

p. M. 

We have continued our march about 4 or 5 miles to-day. 
Osterhaus and M. L. Smith are ahead of us, and I think we 
are on the right of the army again. The 4th Div., 17th A. C. 
is engaged ^ a mile ahead of us or rather are shooting a little 
with their big guns. I climbed a tree half an hour ago, and 
what do you think? — saw Atlanta, and saw it plainly, too. I 
suppose it is 10 miles distant, not more than 12. The country 
looks about as level as a floor, excepting one half mountain. 



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to the left of the city, some miles. We seem to be on the 
last ridge that amounts to anything. We are, I suppose, 2| 
miles from the river at this point, though we hold it farther 
to the right. Very large columns of smoke were rolling up 
from different parts of the city. I suppose they were the ex- 
plosions of foundries, machine shops, &c. Dense clouds of 
dust can be seen at several points across the river; suppose 
it means trains or troops moving. 

Have seen but few wounded going back to-day. We are 
laying along some very good rifle pits, occasionally embra- 
sured for artillery, which the 17th A. C. took this morning. 
They were not very stoutly defended, though, and the artillery 
had been moved back. With some pretty lively skirmishing 
the line has been advanced this evening. Not much loss on 
our side ; saw some ^ dozen ambulance loads only. 

July 6th. 

I went down to our front this evening. Our advanced ar- 
tillery is yet some 1,200 yards from the Rebs., but there is 
nothing but an open field between, and it looks quite close. 
The Johnnies have thrown up a nice fort, embrasured for 9 
guns. They have not fired a shot to-day. The Capt. of our 
advanced artillery told me the Rebs. have 20 Parrots in the 
fort, and excellent gunners. 

We moved this evening i mile to the left and relieved a 
portion of the 20th Corps, which went on further to the left. 

We started on this campaign with 10 field officers in our 
Brig, and now have but two left. Three killed, three wounded 
and two left back sick. I hear the Rel^el works here are the 
last this side of the river, and but few hundred yards from it. 



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July 7th. 

The shooting still continues in our front, but hear no Rebel 
artillery. The water here is excellent, and everybody seems 
to get a few blackberries. We also stew grapes, and green 
apples, and everything that ever was eaten by anti-cannibals. 
There is so much confounded fighting to be attended to that 
we can't forage any, and though fresh beef is furnished to 
the men regularly there is some scurvy. I have seen several 
black-mouthed, loose-toothed fellows, hankering after pickles. 
Teamsters and hangers-on who stay in the rear get potatoes, 
&c., quite regularly. I do not believe the Johnnies intend 
fighting again very strongly this side of the river. Our scouts 
say that between the river and Atlanta the works run line 
after line as thickly as they can be put in. Per contra, two 
women who came from Atlanta on the 6th say that after we 
get across the river we will have no fighting, that Johnston 
is sending his troops to Savannah, Charleston, Mobile and 
Richmond, except enough to fight us at the different river 
crossings. Our scouts also say that the Rebs. are deserting 
almost by thousands, and going around our flanks to their 
homes in Tenn., Ken., &c. I have not been in a house in 
Georgia, but several citizens I have met in camp said they had 
"heard many soldiers say they would never cross the river with 
Johnston since the charge of the 27th. 

Harrow has kept our Brig, in reserve, and I think he will 
continue to do so unless a general battle is fought. We have 
suffered more heavily than any other two Brigs, in the army, 
and when we started we were one of the smallest. I am will- 
ing to see some of the others go in a while, though I want to 
help if Johnston will stand a fair fight in open ground. The 



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chigres are becoming terrific. They are as large as the blunt 
end of a No. 12 and as red as blood. They will crawl through 
any cloth and bite worse than a flea, and poison the flesh 
very badly. They afifect some more than others. I get along 
with them comparatively well, that is, I don't scratch more than 
half the time. Many of the boys anoint their bodies with 
bacon rinds, which the chigres can't go. Salt water bathing 
also bars chigres, but salt is too scarce to use on human meat. 
Some of the boys bathing now in a little creek in front of me; 
look like what I expect "Sut Lovegood's" father did after 
plowing through that hornet's nest. All done by chigres. I 
believe I pick off my neck and clothes 30 varieties of measur- 
ing worm every day. Our Brig. Q. M. yesterday found, un- 
der his saddle in his tent, a rattlesnake, with 6 rattles and a 
button. 

This is the 68th day of the campaign. We hope to end it 
by Aug. I St. though if we can end the war by continuing this 
till Jan. 1st, '65. I am in. Reenforcements are comilng in 
every day, and I don't suppose we are any weaker than when 
we left Chattanooga. The Rebels undoubtedly are, besides, 
the the natural demoralization to falling back so much, must 
be awful. My health is excellent. Remember me to all the 
wounded boys of the 103rd vou see. 

July 9th. 9 miles from Atlanta, 2^ miles S. W. of R. R. 
crossing. 

On the evening of the 7th, just dark, a rebel battery in a 
fort which our gims had been bursting shells over all day, 
suddenly opened with eight 20 pound Parrots, and for ^ an hour 
did some of the most rapid work I ever heard. They first 
paid their attention to our batteries, then demolished some 



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half-dozen wagons and 20 mules for the 4th Div. of the 
17th A. C. half a mile to our right, and then began scattering 
their compliments along our line, wherever I suppose they had 
detected our presence by smoke or noise. They kept getting 
closer and closer to us, and finally, a shell burst in front of 
our Reg't. The next one went 50 yards past us and dropped 
into the 40th Ills. Neither of them did any damage, and no 
more came so close. An hour afterward we fell in, and mov- 
ing a mile to the left and | a mile to the front, occupied a 
ridge which we fortified by daylight, so they might shell and 
be hanged. 

The Rebel skirmishers heard us moving as we came over, 
and threw more than a thousand bullets at us, but ;t was so 
pitchy dark that fortunately they did us no damage. From 
our colors we can see the fort that fired so the night of the 
7th. They are about f of a mile distant. There has not 
been any bullets or shell passed over us since we got our 
works up, though the skirmish line at the foot of the hill, 
has a lively time. We have it very easy. I was on the 8th 
in charge of a line of skirmishers on the left of our Brig. 
The Rebs were seemingly quite peaceable, so much so, that I 
thought I'd walk over to some blackberry bushes 50 yards in 
front of our right. 

I got about half-way out when they sent about a dozen bul- 
lets at me. I retired in good order, considering. In the p. m. 
of the 7th, the skirmishers in front of a Brig, of the 20th 
Corps, and the Rebel line, left their guns, and went out and 
were together nearly all the afternoon; 13 of the Rebels agreed 
to come into our line after dark. At the time appointed, heavy 
firing commenced on the Rebel side, and our boys, fearing 



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foul play, poured in a few volleys. . Though the heaviest of 
the fire, two of the Rebs came running in. They said that the 
13 started, and that the Rebs opened on them. The rest were 
probably killed. One of my men has just returned from visit- 
ing his brother in the 20th Corps. It is reported there that the 
J3rd Corps crossed the river this p. M. without losing a man. 
The heavy firing this eve was our folks knocking down some 
block-houses at the R. R. bridge. The 4th Corps to-night, 
lays right along the river bank. 

July loth A. M. 

The Rebs evacuated last night, and our flags are on their 
works, and our skirmishers at the river. A number of Johnies 
were left on this side. I believe they have every time left 
on Saturday night or Sunday. Their works here are the best 
I have seen. Three lines and block houses ad libitum, p. m. 
Every Reb is across the river, and our 23rd and i6th Corps 
are also over, away up to the left. It is intimated though that 
they will only hold their position a few days. We are expect- 
ing orders to join them. 

July 1 2th. 

We lay quietly in the shade all day the nth, save those who 
had ambition enough to go fishing, berrying or swimming. 
The other bank of the Chattahoochie opposite us is yet lined 
with Rel)el sharp-shooters, but there is a fine creek from which 
the boys get some fine fish. I saw an eel two feet long which 
came from it. Our boys never have made any bargain with 
the Johnies to quit picket firing, even for an hour, but other 
Corps and Divisions often do. It would almost break the 
heart of one of our boys to see a Reb without getting a shot 



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at him. On the 12th, at 5 p. m., the "General" and "As- 
sembly" sounded almost together, and we were under way in 
a twinkling. We understand we are going back to Mari- 
etta, and then over the river where the 23rd Corps crossed it. 
We stopped here (about 7 miles from Merrietta), at 11 p. m., 
and had reveille at 3 this morning. Stoneman, with at least 
10,000 Cav'y, crossed the river on the night of the loth, on 
a grand raid between Atlanta and Montgomery. We had a 
real amusing scene last night. About 12 o'clock we were 
nearly all asleep, when a mule came charging at full speed 
right through our Regt. In an instant every man was on his 
feet, and all who knew what was up, were swinging blankets 
and shouting whoa ! The most of us did not know whether 
a cavalry charge was on us or the devil. Many of the men 
caught up their guns and "treed," and altogether, it was most 
ludicrous. Our Regt. now marches 190 guns and 7 officers. 
I have 20 guns, all I started with, except what I have lost in 
battle. Just half. 

July 13th. 

We passed through Marietta this morning at 9; rested in 
a cool, nice, woody place from 11 to 2, and made this place 
in the cool of the evening. We marched about 14 miles to- 
day. I would rather be in a fight, than endure such a day's 
march, and I think fighting lacks very much, as deserving to 
rank as an amusement. 

I saw a number of cases of congestion of the brain, and a 
few had real sun-stroke. Saw one poor fellow in a grave- 
yard between two little picketed graves, who I made sure was 
gasping his last. Some heartless fellow made a remark as we 



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passed about his luck in getting sun-struck so near good bury- 
ing facilities. After one heat of only 3 miles the Regt. had 
all fallen out but alx)ut 50 men, and we had more than any 
other in the Brig. If we had been given one hour more in 
rests, we would not have lost a man. 

July 14th. 

Another hot day. We marched down to the river at Ros- 
well and crossed it, and have gone into camp on the bank a 
mile above town. 

This Roswell is a beautiful little town, such splendid trees 
all through it. Our Cav'y 4 or 5 days ago, destroyed some 
very large factories here. Judging from the ruins, they were 
more extensive than anything of the kind I ever before saw. 
About 1,000 women were employed in them; 700 of them 
were taken by our folks and sent to Marietta, I don't know 
what for. Can't hear of any enemy here. 

July 15th. 

This is a glorious place. The current in the river is very 
swift, and it is the nicest stream to bathe in imaginable. I've 
a mind to stay here and have my meals brought to me. Ex- 
pect we will catch some nice fish after they get over being 
scared at having so many Yanks bobbing around with them. 
It is too hot to write, and altogether too hot to enjoy good 
health, except in swimming. We are all glad to hear of those 
raids into Penn. and Md. Go in Imboden and Early. 

July I f')!!! ; 76th of the Campaign. 

I can hear no firing to-day. but we are so far from the 
right or center, that we could hear nothing less than a 13-inch 



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mortar. I will tell you all I know of the situation just to let 
you know how little a soldier knows of what is going on. 

In papers of this date you will see twice as much. The 
17th A. C. lies on the right bank of the river, and to the right 
of the army, six miles below the R. R. crossing, skirmishing 
with the enemy on the opposite side. Next comes the 20th, 
14th and 4th, on the same side, the 4th lying across the R. R. 

4 miles, further up the 23rd crossed the river, but probably 
only holds a position, as we do. Then the i6th Corps joins 
the left of the 23rd, and the 15th last, both on the left bank. 
Not being perfect in heavy strategy, I can't exactly see the 
point, but no' doubt, Sherman does. I suppose the 4th, 14th 
and 20th Corps will cross near the R. R. bridge, and be the 
first to occupy Atlanta. If we can't get to give Johnston a 
sound thrashing, I don't care about marching another step 
till fall. Health of the Regt. still good, but we are expecting 
sickness soon. We have had a terrific thunderstorm, killed 

5 men and wounded 8 in the i8th Mo., and killed a teamster 
anid some mules. I never saw but one or two more severe 
ones. 

July 17th. 

After erecting some good works at Roswell (the best we 
have yet built), capable of holding at least 25,000 men, we 
were provided with three days' rations and cartridges "ad 
libitum," for another of what an Augusta paper calls "Sher- 
man leap-frog-like advances." Our Corps is the extreme 
left of the army. We moved out this morning, our Brig, 
in advance of our Div. and Osterhaus and Smith's Divs. fol- 
lowing, on the Decatur road. Did I tell you in my last among 
the "locals," that these Roswell factories have been turning 



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out 35.000 yards per day of jeans, etc., for the Confed. army, 
that there is the greatest abundance of blackberries and 
\vhortlel)erries here, that one of the 48th Ills, was drowned 
in the Chattehoochie while bathing, and that of several hun- 
dred factory girls, I have seen hardly one who is passably 
handsome? Some fine fat ones, and a few neat feet, but they 
are not "clipper built," and lack "get up" and "figure heads." 
We moved six miles without meeting a Reb, and then only 
a squadron of Cav'y that lacked a devilish sight of being 
"Chivalry," for they more than ran, without just cause. We 
only went two miles farther and then bivouced. Our Brig, 
was thrown half a mile in front and across the road. We 
put up a rail barricade across the road, and a temporary rail- 
work along our front, and then abandoned ourselves to the 
longings of our breadbaskets, and desisted not, till every man 
was in himself a minature Blackberry patch. The boys brought 
me pint after pint of great black fellows they had picked in 
the shade of dense woods or on a steep bank, and I assure 
you they disappeared without an exception. This road, the 
last ten days, has been filled with refugee citizens running 
from the Yanks. An old gentleman in whose yard the re- 
serve pickets have stacked their arms, told me that all the 
men of his acquaintance over 45 years old are, and always 
have been Unionists, and are to-day ready and willing to give 
up slavery for our cause. I have been a deluded believer in 
the hoax of fine "Georgia plantations," but I assure you, 1 
am now thoroughly convalescent. I haven't seen five farm 

houses equal to Mrs. James , and only one that showed 

evidences of taste. That was where I saw the Reb Gen. Iver- 
son dead among the flowers. The country is all hilly, and 



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the soil, where there is any, is only fit for turnips. The timber 
is all scrub oak and pine, and some more viney bushes peculiar 
to the climate, 

I notice some of the white moss hanging from the trees, 
like that there was so much of at Black River. The i6th 
Corps is on our right moving on a parallel road, and the 23rd 
joins them. I don't know whether our other Corps have 
crossed yet or not. 

July 1 8th. Near Stone Mountain. 

Osterhaus (or his Div., for I hear that he resigned and 
yesterday started for the North, en route for Mexico, where 
he formerly resided, and that he intends entering the Mexican 
army to fight "Johnny Crapeau") was ahead to-day, and only 
lost a dozen or 50 men. Our Brig, has been train guard, and 
we did not get into camp till 11 p. m. This night marching 
hurts us more than the hottest day marching. We camp to- 
night near Stone Mt., and the Depot of the same name 16 
miles from Atlanta. It is evident to me that the Army of the 
Tenn. is doing the "flanking them out" this time. The ist 
Div. cut the R. R. effectually. A train came from the east 
while they were at it, but discovering the smoke, reversed 
the engine and escaped. The 17th Corps I hear is close be- 
hind us, protecting the Comm'sy trains, and forming our rear 
guard. 

July 19th. . Decatur, Qa. 

To-night we are in Decatur, 6 miles from Atlanta. The 
Rebs were yet in Atlanta this morning, for they ran a train 
to this burg this morning, but they may now be gone. Our 
line of battle crosses the R. R. nearly at right angles, fac- 



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ing Atlanta. I think the 23rd Corps has swung around in 
front of us. and the i6th Corps is now on our left. Our 
Cav'y had some fighting after i p. m. to-day. A citizen says 
there was nearly 4,500 Rel)el Cav'y here. A small portion 
of our mounted forces made a half -charge on the Johnnies, 
just this side of town, and the Rebs stampeded. They knew 
we had a large force, and, of course, could not tell just what 
number was coming on them. They broke down every fence 
in town and ran over everything, but the houses, in their mad 
panic to get away. Our men, as usual, all stopped in town 
to flank the onions, potatoes, chickens and sundries, in which 
they were busily engaged, when the Rebs who had rallied 
and got a battery in position, opened right lively. Our men 
drove them away, and then all hands went to foraging again. 
To-morrow night. I think, will give us Atlanta, or there will 
be a fair start for a new graveyard near the town. I hear 
no fighting on the right. We have passed over the same mis- 
erable looking country to-day. I caught a small scorpion to- 
day, also a reddish brown bug not quite as large as a thrush, 
and as savage as a mad rat. Wish I could preserve some of 
these bugs and things; I know you'd like 'em. 

July 20th. 

Assembly has just sounded. In a few hours we will know 
if it is to be a fight. Frank says, we are detailed for train 
guard. If the army marches right into Atlanta, I'll think it 
d — d mean, but if there is a fight, will not feel so badly, unless 
we can get a big battle out of Johnston. I want to help in 
that. We have moved up near the town, the anny has gone 
on. Can hear heavy guns occasionally, sounds about 3 miles 
away, half the distance to the City. 



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This little town is quite an old place. About half the 
citizens are still here. I saw a couple of right pretty girls. 
Some Confed. prisoners tell me that Johnston is gone to Rich- 
mond, and that Hood is commanding, and intends to fight us 
at Atlanta. 

The Wheat and Oats raised this year in this part of Georgia, 
if it had all been saved, would not more than have fed the 
citizens. Full one-half the corn fields will not turn out any- 
thing. 

July 23rd. 

The fight came off the 22nd, and a glorious one it was for 
us. Lt. Blair of our Regt. was killed, also Cbas. Buck, of 
Co. F., and John Smith of my Co. There were 7 wounded 
only. Our Brig, gets credit for 400 prisoners. They took 
us in rear and every other way, but the repulse was awful. 
Everybody is wishing that they may repeat the attack. Gens. 
McPherson and Force are killed. (Force, was not killed.) 
Our Regt. gets great credit for its part, though we w^ere very 
fortunate in losing so few. Our skirmish line is within one 
mile of the town. 

July 25th. 

We moved up to the rear of the Corps the 21st, and had 
just got comfortably fixed for the night, when orders came 
that we should report back to the Brig, on the front line. Just 
as we started a heavy rain set in, and continued while we 
marched i| miles to the left, where we stacked arms in rear 
of a line of work occupied by the 6th Iowa. The Rebel line 
lay in plain sight, just across an open field, and the bullets 
made us keep pretty close. 



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At sunset we were ordered to extend, or rather, build a line 
of works to hold our Regt, between the 6th low^a and 40th 
111. We had fairly commenced, and the boys were scattered 
everywhere, bringing rails, logs, etc., when the Johnie's bugle 
sounded "forward." and the Rebs raised a yell and fired a 
couple of volleys into us. There w^as a lively rush for our 
gims, but we saw through it in a minute, and in three minutes 
were at work again. Only two men were hurt in the Regt., 
one from Co. C, and Wm. Nicholson of my Co. had the small 
bone of his leg broken, just above the ankle. We got our 
works in shape about daylight, and about 8 a. m.^ I heard a 
cheer from our skirmishers, and saw' the Reb skirmishers run 
right over their w'orks like deer. Our line followed them 
and took possession of their works, and no Rebs or w^orks 
being in sight, and our boys knowing they were only two 
miles from Atlanta, thought sure they had the town, and all 
started on the "double quick" for it, yelling, "potatoes" or 
"tobacco." or what he particularly hankered for. They got 
along swimmingly until within about ^ of a mile from town, 
w^hen they ran against a strong line of works and were brought 
up standing, by a volley therefrom. They deployed immedi- 
ately, and by the time their officers got up had a good line 
established, and were whacking away at the fort apparently 
as well satisfied as if they had got their tobacco. 

McPherson had an idea that all was not right, for our line 
was allowed to advance no further than the one the Rebs had 
left, and we were set to work changing its front. At dinner 
when we were about leaving "the table,"' Capt. Smith men- 
tioned hearing some heavy skirmishing in our rear as we came 
to our meal. That was the first any of us knew of the battle. 



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In a few minutes we all heard it plainly, and from our works 
could see exactly in our rear a body of grey coats, advance 
from a wood and the battle opened, although we did not know 
what troops of ours were engaged. Have since heard it was 
a portion of the i6th Corps who were moving out to extend 
the line. Their being just in that position was a piece of luck, 
as it saved the trains of the Army of the Tenn., and, perhaps, 
the whole army. I should think they fought an hour before 
the battle swung around toward us. During the battle, our 
Regt. changed position three times, facing E., W. and S. We 
helped repulse 4 charges, took 115 prisoners, and helped take 
400 more. Also ran the enemy out of a line of works they 
had taken from our 3rd Brig., and the best of it is, we lost 
only ten men. I cannot for my life see how we escaped so 
well. Gen. Blair is reported to have said, that the Army of 
the Tenn. is eternally disgraced for going outside of all prece- 
dent, in refusing to be whipped when attacked in flank and 
rear, as well as in front. Hood confines his strategy to 
maneuvering troops for battle, and pretends to be emphatically 
a "fighting cock." He attacked Thomas on the 20th and 21st, 
away on the right, and on the 22nd, walked into us. He got 
his comb badly cut, and if I am any prophet at all, will not 
attempt another fight soon. Sherman estimates the enemies' 
loss in the three days' fighting at 12,000. Our loss in the 
same time is less than 3,500. I am surprised that we have not 
attacked them in return before this, but am far from anxious 
to charge their works. Although I do know that if we charge 
with two lines as good as our Brig, and don't go too fast, we 
can take any ordinary works. The prisoners we got the 
other day were run down. When our Regt. drove the Rebs 



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out of the works of the 3rd Brig, a man shot through the 
thigh, asked me for water as I passed him. I asked him if 
the Rebs robbed him, he said, no, but they killed a man in 
the ditch with a spade right in front of him. I looked where 
he pointed and found a 97th Ind. boy with his thigh broken 
by a pistol shot, and three cuts in his face by a spade. He 
was not dead, he knew me, and reached out his hand smiling. 
He said an officer rode up with some footmen and told him 
to surrender, when he shot the officer and ran his bayonet 
through one of the men. Another shot him, and the man 
he bayoneted used the spade on him. McPherson was killed 
early in the fight. The Rebs had his body a few minutes, but 
the 1 6th Corps charged and retook it. Altogether, it was 
the prettiest fight I ever saw. 

The Rebel plan of attack was excellent, and if their assault- 
ing columns had charged simultaneously, there is no telling 
what might have been the upshot. As it was, part of 17th 
Corps changed position in their breastworks three times, that 
is, repulse an assault from one side, and being attacked from 
the rear, jumped over and fought them the other way. I 
was up to where the 20th and 31st Ills, fought. The dead 
Rebs lay about as thick on one side of the works, as the 
other, and right up to them. Two more fights like this, and 
there will be no more Rebel army here. We lost about 600 
prisoners, and took 2,000. 

Garrard's Cav'y Div. went out to Covington on the Augusta 
road. Am just going on picket. 

July 29th. i^ miles S. W. of Atlanta. 

On the evening of the 26th, Adj. Frank Lermond sent me 



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word that the Army of the Tenn. was going to evacuate its 
position, the movement to commence at 12 p. m. When the 
lines are so close together, the skirmish line is a ticklish place. 

The parties can tell by hearing artillery move, etc., nearly 
what is going on, and in evacuations generally make a dash 
for the skirmish line or rear guard. At nearly every position 
Johnston has fortified; we caught his skirmish line when he 
evacuated. Luckily, our line got off about 4 a, m. on the 27th, 
though they shelled us right lively. 

That day our three Corps moved along in the rear of the 
23rd, 4th, 14th and 20th, the intention being, I think, to 
extend the line to the right, if possible, to the Montgomery 
and Atlanta R. R., and thus destroy another line of com- 
munication. We have thoroughly destroyed 50 miles of the 
Augusta and Atlanta R. R. The i6th Corps formed its line 
on the right of the 14th, and the 17th joined on the i6th, 
and on the morning of the 28th, we moved out to extend the 
line still further. At 12 m._, we had just got into position 
and thrown a few rails along our line, when Hood's Rebel 
Corps came down on Morgan L's and our Divisions like an 
avalanche. Our two Divs. did about all the fighting, and it 
lasted till 5 p.m. 

We whipped them awfully. Their dead they left almost in 
line of battle along our entire front of two divisions. 

It was the toughest fight of the campaign, but not a foot 
of our line gave way, and our loss is not 1/20 of theirs. The 
rails saved us. I am tired of seeing such butchery, but if 
they will charge us that way once a day for a week, this Corps 
will end the war in this section. 

Our loss in the Regt. was 17 out of 150 we had in the fight. 



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and the Brig, loss will not exceed lOO. I never saw so many 
Rel)e!s (lend. We are in excellent spirits, and propose to take 
Atlanta whenever Sherman wants it. 

Aug. I St. 

Since the glorious battle of the 28th, everything has been 
quiet in our immediate front, though the heavy artiller}^ firing 
continues to the left. I think it is between the 14th and 20th 
Corps and some Rebel forts. Prisoners say that our shells 
have hurt the city very much. We all think that the last 
battle is by far the most brilliant of the campaign. Our 
officials reports show that we buried 1,000 Rebels in front of 
our and M. L. Smith's Divs. 

In fact, our two Divisions and two Regts. of Osterhaus' 
did all the fighting. Our total loss was less than 550, the 
Rebels 8,000. In the last 12 days they must have lost 25,000 
men. Our loss in the same time will not reach 4,500. There 
is no shadow of gas in this, as you would know if you could 
see an unsuccessful charge on works. 

Tlie enemy is reported as moving to our right in heavy 
force. 

Aug. 5th. 

After the fight of the 28th, we advanced the 30th, 31st 
and 1st, when we came to a strong line of Rebel rifle pits, 
densely populated, and their main works alx)ut 400 yards be- 
hind the pits. 

On the 2nd, details from each Brig, in the Corps were 
ordered to drive the Rebs out of said pits. It was done, our 
Division capturing 78 prisoners. The Rebs tried to retake 
them, but failed, of course, leaving with our boys, among other 



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dead, a Col. and a Major. Only one Co. (K.), of our Regt. 
was in the fight, it had two men wounded. I was on picket 
there the next day, 'twas a lively place, but I lost no men. 
Some of the men fired over lOO rounds. The 23rd and 14th 
Corps have swung around on our right, the object being to 
throw our line across the Macon R. R. We have heard that 
Stoneman was captured with 400 men at Macon. Kilpatrick 
started on a raid yesterday. Stoneman burned a Rebel wagon 
train of 600 wagons, and sabered the mules. Cruel, but right. 
The 14th Corps yesterday gobbled 700 prisoners. There are 
a few Rebel riflemen who keep the bullets whistling around 
us here, they killed a Co. E. man 20 yards to the right on 
the 4th. Health of the Regt. never better, and that is the 
best index of the morale. 

Aug. 8th. 

Never was an army better cared for than this. No part of 
it has been on short rations during the campaign. Extra 
issues of dessicated potatoes, mixed vegetables, etc., have 
bundled the advance guard of Gen. Scurvey neck and heels 
outside the pickets. Extraordinary dreams of green corn, 
blackberries, new potatoes, etc., have done very much towards 
keeping up the health and morale of the army, and as much 
towards reconciling us to this summer sun, that ripens said 
goodies. 

We draw supplies of clothing monthly as regularly as when 
in garrison, and a ragged soldier is a scarcity. At least 30 
days' rations are safely stored in our rear, making us entirely 
unmindful of R. R. raids, for, if necessary, we could build 
the whole road in that time. The heat has not troubled us 
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We have hardly three days without a rain, for a month. 
We have done a great amount of work since our last battle, 
have constructed 9 lines of works, and it will take at least two 
more before we get the position that I think Howard wants. 
We keep those poor Johnnies in a stew all the time. Our 
artillery is any amount better than theirs, and it plays on them 
from morning till night. Nothing worries troops so much, 
though compared with musketry, it is almost harmless. I 
guess their ammunition is short, for they don't fire one shot 
to our forty. I think we'll like Howard first rate. If he is as 
good as McPherson, he'll do. 

Four Divisions are on the way to re-enforce us. I don't 
think we need them, but the more, the merrier. 

Aug. loth. 

Our "color" that has floated over the 103rd for nearly two 
years has become much worn and torn. One shell and bullets 
innumerable have passed through it. It is entitled to be in- 
scril)ed with the following battles: Vicksburg, Black River, 
Jackson. Miss., Mission Ridge, Dalton, Resaca, Dallas, New 
Hope, Big Shanty. Kennesaw Mt.. Atlanta. It has been under 
the enemies' fire 72 days on this campaign. Nearly 300 of the 
Regt. have fallen under it. 

Aug. nth. 

We have lost 35 men since Col. Wright left us. There has 
been a tall artillery fight this p. m. right here, but, as usual, 
no one hurt. 

Aug. 20th. 

During the last few days Cav'y has been operating on the 



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right against the enemy's communications. We have been 
making demonstrations, as they call it, or diversions in favor 
of the Cavaliers ; that is, one, two or three times a day, we raise 
a yell along our Corps line, and open on the enemy with cannon 
and muskets. This, aside from scaring them a little (and it 
is getting most too old to do even that), does but trifling dam- 
age, for at the opening yell they all "hunt their holes, "in army 
slang, take position in their works. Everybody is satisfied, 
the Johnnies here are only waiting for dark nights to evacuate. 

Aug. 24th. 

The Johnnies in our front are either tired out or short of 
ammunition, or inclination, or else, like the quiet swine, 
"studying devilment." Certain it is, that they shoot but little 
lately. 

Five Rebel batteries which have thrown shell into our 
Division line did not on the 20th or 21st fire a shot, on the 
22nd but two shots, and in response to a more than usually 
vigorous cannonading on our part yesterday, returned not 
more than a dozen shots. These Rebs just opposite are a very 
glum set. Won't say a single word, though the lines are at 
one point at least, not more than 20 yards apart. When- 
ever I have seen the line so close, our men invariably get the 
advantage, and keep the Rebs dozvn. We go on the skirmish 
line every fourth day. but with ordinary care there is little 
danger. 

The 4th, 20th and i6th Corps are preparing to start for 
the right. The raids in our rear — on the R. R. amount lo 
nothing. We have at least 60 days' rations accumulated, and 
could rebuild the entire road in that time. 



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Aug. 29th. 

I would much like to know what the Chicago Convention 
is doing to-day. We hear there is a possibility they may 
nominate Sherman. How we wish they would. He would 
hardly accept the nomination, from such a party, but I w^ould 
cheerfully live under Copperhead rule if they would give us 
such as Sherman. Sherman believes with Logan, "that if 
we can't subdue these Rebels, and the rebellion, the next best 
thing we can do is to all go to hell together." 

We have already thrown our army so far to the right that 
our communications are not safe, but yet we can't quite reach 
the Montgomery or Macon R. Rs. It is determined to leave 
the 20th Corps at Vinings to guard the R. R. bridge, and I 
think, to move all the rest to the right. The army has just 
moved its length by the right flank. Looks easy and simple 
enough, but it took three days and nights of the hardest work 
of the campaign. The whole line lay in sight, and musket 
range of the enemy, not only our skirmishers, but our main 
line, and half a dozen men could, at any pointy by showing 
themselves above the works, have drawn the enemy's fire. A 
gun, a cassion, or a wagon could hardly move without being 
shelled. On the night of the 25th. the 20th Corps moved 
back to Vinings station (it was to the river, to guard the 
R. R. bridge, only 7 miles from Atlanta; Vinings station is 
nearly 20 miles from A. Ed.), and the 4th moved toward 
the right. 

Night of the 26th the 15th, i6th and 17th moved back on 
different roads toward the right. The wheels of the artillery 
were mufiled and most of them moved off very quietly. One 
gun in our Div. was not muffled, and its rattling brought on 



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a sharp fire, but I only heard of two men being hurt. Our 
Regt. was deployed on the line our Brig, occupied, and re- 
mained 4 hours after everything else had left. At 2-| a. m.^ 
we were ordered to withdraw very quietly. We had fired very 
little for two hours and moved out so quietly that though our 
lines were only 25 yards apart in one place, the Rebs did not 
suspect our exit. We moved back | of a mile, and waited 
an hour, I think for some 17th Corps skirmishers. We could 
hear the Johnnies popping away at our old position, and oc- 
casionally they would open quite sharply as though angry 
at not receiving their regular replies. When we were fully 
two miles away they threw two shells intO' our deserted works. 
We did not lose a man, but I give you my word, this cover- 
ing an evacuation is a delicate, dangerous, and far from pleas- 
ant duty. There was a Johnnie in the "pit" nearest us, that 
got off a good thing the other day. A newsboy came along 
in the ditch, crying, "Heer's your Cincinnati, Louisville and 
Nashville papers." Crack!, Crack!!, w^it two Rebel guns, 
and a Johnnies halloed, "There is your Atlanta Appeal." We 
caught up with the Brig, just at daylight, it was raining, but 
our watch, the hard march, the wear and tear of such duty, 
made some sleep a necessity, so we tumbled down in the rank 
smelling weeds, and I was sleeping equal to Rip V. W. in 
half a minute. In half an hour we were wakened, took break- 
fast and marched a couple of miles to where the train was. 
Here somebody got Reb on the brain, and we were run out a 
mile to investigate. We stopped in a nice, fine grove, and 
I didn't want to hear any more about the Rebs, but went to 
sleep instanter. That sleep did me a world of good. I woke 
about 4 p. M., and found the whole Regt. with scarce a half- 



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dozen exceptions sound asleep. Finally, the rear of the train 
started and we followed. At just midnight we came up to 
the train correl. and laid down for the remnant of the night. 
At 6 a. m., we left the train and rejoined the Div. At dark 
we camped on the Montgomery and Atlanta R. R., where 
the mile post says, 15 miles to Atlanta. The march has been 
through a miserable rough country. 

We have now been more than half-way around Atlanta, 
and I have not yet seen a country house that would more 
than campare favorably with the Coleman Mansion, or a farm 
that would in any respect vie with the stumpiest of Square 
Shipley's Stump quarter, or the most barren and scraggiest of 
Copperas Creek barrens or brakes. At 12 p. m., they aroused 
our Regt. to tear up R. R. track. In ij hours we utterly de- 
stroyed rails and ties for twice the length of our Regt. 

We. by main strength with our hands, turned the track up- 
side down, pried the ties off, stacked them, piled the rails 
across and fired the piles. Used no tools whatever. On the 
29th the 1 6th Corps moved down and destoyed the R. R. to 
Fairburn. On the 30th the army started for Macon R. R. 
Kilpatrick's Cav'y in advance. He did splendidly. Had hard 
skirmishing all the day. Took at least a dozen barricades, 
and went about as fast as we wanted to. He saved the Flint 
river bridge, and our Corps crossed it. and by 12 p. m., were 
in good position with works, within ^ mile of Jonesboro and 
the R. R. 

Darkness kept us from taking the road that night. The 
enemy had a strong line of pickets all around us and we built 
our works under their fire. At daylight the 31st, we found 
the Rebs in plain sight in front of our Regt. I never saw 



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them so thick. Our Regt. is on the extreme right of the 
Div. 

Aug. 31st. Near Jonesboro. 

We were afraid we would have no battle this month, but 
our fears were disappointed in a very summary manner this 
p. M. Hardee^ in command of his own and Hood's old Corps, 
attacked the Army of the Tenn. again, the weight of the 
assault being on our Corps. The second Div., M. L. Smith's, 
had the hardest of the fighting. The position our Regt. held 
was unluckily too strong. They did not dare attack us. But 
we had a spendid view of the fight, both on our right and left. 

Six Johnnie lines of battle debouched from the woods on 
our left, and swept right across our front on open ground, 
within long musket range, say 600 or 700 yds. This was 2-| 
p. M. They were coming over to attack the i6th Corps. A 
five-gun battery on the right of our Regt. and two guns on 
our left opened on them with spherical case, and threw some 
canister. They had hardly fired two shots when a Reb. 10 
lb. Parrott opened on them in front, and a Napoleon battery 
on our left flank. The Rebs. shot admirably and you may 
imagine our Regt. was in a pretty warm position, though our 
works and traverses made the danger but little. 

In ten minutes from the time we first saw the Rebs. they 
struck the i6th Corps, and after a right heavy fight of near 
an hour they came back Hying. Our boys, though not near 
enough to do much effective shooting, put in 40 or 50 rounds 
apiece, just to keep our hands in. About the same time they 
struck Morgan L. they struck our first Brig, and the left of 
our Brig. Our Div. repulsed them easily and Morgan L. 
slaughtered them awfully, but he had a hard fight. They 



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charged up close to the left of our Regt., but owing to the 
direction of our lines, not where we could fight them. Our 
Brig, took one Col., one Maj., three Capts., one Lt. and 30 men 
prisoners. The 2nd Div. took several hundred. I can't guess 
what their loss is, though it is not as heavy as on the 22nd or 
28th of July, for they did not fight nearly as well. Besides 
losing a host of men this campaign, the Rebel army has lost 
a large measure of vim, which counts a good deal in soldiering. 
Our loss in this fight is comparatively nothing. Say 30 men 
in our Brig. ; we have 4 or 5 scratched in our Regt., but only 
one much hurt. A spent 12 lb. solid shot rolled on him. 

Kilpatrick started for the R. R. south this morning. He has 
had a big fight with Cleyburn's Div., but don't know much 
about it. 

During our fight to-day Schofield and Stanley, 23rd and 
4th, took the R. R. and are destroying it. Hood, with Polk's 
old Corps, are alx)ve him. and cut off from Hardee. 

Sept. ist/64. 

A real autumn morning. We were aroused at 3 a. m. and 
the air was then almost crisp. A breath of cold air is a luxury 
we can appreciate. A fresh, cool breeze is now stirring and I 
can almost hear the leaves falling. It is a real yellow fall and 
does me more good than aught else could, except a letter from 
home. Haven't had one from you for ten days. A prisoner 
says that yesterday's fight was rougher on them than the 28th 
of July fight. He said their Brig, came up in front of our men, 
and though they did not stay more than long enough to take 
one look, when they got back under cover they were 500 men 
short. They afterwards charged again, and he said he doubted 
if whether any of them got off alive and sound. 



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This is the 124th day of the campaign, exactly 90 of which 
we have been under fire. Have also moved 340 miles, though 
the direct road would be much less. The boys say we just 
finished the summer campaign in time to commence the fall 
ditto. I guess the movement surprised Hood. Prisoners all 
say they understood it to be a raiding party. 'Tis a rather 
mighty one. 

The country between these two R. Rs. is rather better than 
any we have seen before in Ga., but I never saw any in Ills, 
half as poor. Hardly any of the land has been under cultiva- 
tion since the war commenced. A little sickly corn and a few 
patches of sorghum and millet are about all the farming evi- 
dence I have seen. 

Northern Ala. and a few counties in Miss, are the only 
passable parts of the Confederacy that I have seen. Mrs. Lee 
Henty's grand plantations, with their "hospitable mansions, 
whose broad verandas, supported by graceful pillars," &c., are 
principally "bosh," at least as far as Northern Ga. is concerned. 
The health of the Reg't is excellent, the men being, if any- 
thing, healthier than the officers. The Lt. Col. and Maj., 
though both with us, are not yet reported for duty. Capt. 
Boyd, Lts. Fox, A. & J. Smith, are quite unwell. 

Capts. Post, Voorhees, Smith and myself have at different 
times been all the officers fit for duty. I believe I am the only 
one who has never been off duty during the campaign, though 
Post, Smith, Voorhees and Dorrence have lost but a few days 
each. Smith, I believe, only one. I don't believe these Rebs. 
can be in very good spirits. I am afraid I'd be a little blue if 
we'd been whipped as often as they have this campaign. Most 
of the prisoners are great "peace" men, but they all say that 
their leaders will never give up, as long as they can raise a 



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Brig, to fight. Every pup of them has hopes that the Chi- 
cago Convention will do something for them, they hardly know 
what. I heard one of the boys say he wished that the Con- 
vention could be induced to charge us in these works. There's 
talk of our going home to vote. 

About 2 p. M. a signal officer in a tree reported that he could 
see our troops moving in line down the R. R. towards us. 
It was the 23rd and 4th Corps. The 14th, which held the left 
of our line, about the same time commenced to swing its left 
around, and by 4 p. m. a battle opened. The 14th broke the 
enemy's line before the 23rd got up, and, alone, rolled the 
Rel:)els up in fine style. By dark the 14th had captured from 
12 to 20 pieces of artillery and a large number of prisoners. 
Three hours more of daylight and Hardee would have had no 
Corps left, for the 4th and 23rd were swinging further to the 
left, and would have been in his rear in less than two hours, 
when our whole line would have closed in on them. 

Sept. 2nd. 6 miles S. of Jonesboro. 

At daylight our skirmish line moved forward and found the 
Rebs. gone. When our boys reached the R. R. a train of cars 
was just loading some wounded ; the boys made for it, but it 
outran them. They left a number of their wounded, and when 
the 14th broke them on the ist, we captured several hospitals, 
in one of which were several officers. I saw in a hole by 1 
hospital two legs and three arms. One can't help pitying these 
Rebel soldiers. They have been whipped here until they have 
lost all spirit. They don't fight with any spirit when they are 
attacked and it's more like a butchery than a battle. Our 
Brig, in advance, we started after them. The looth Ind. and 
6th Iowa were deployed as skirmishers, and met the Rebel 



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line almost as soon as they started forward. They drove them 
finely for 4 miles, when our skirmishers reported that they had 
run the Rebel army into fortifications. 

The country here is quite open, the fields being from half 
to a mile or more wide, bordered by a narrow strip of wood. 
The 46th Ohio and our Regt. were now deployed to relieve 
the skirmishers, and take a close look at the enemy's position. 
They were shooting at us from some rail fences within range, 
and a mile away, over the fields, we could see them, digging; 
seemed to be constructing a line of pits. We pushed forward 
under a heavy skirmish fire, and took from a S. C. Brigade 
the line of pits we saw them making, and went on a little way 
until we drew a fire from their main works, when we retired to 
the pits we had taken and prepared to hold them. Found tools 
in them. This was 3 p. m. About dark the Rebs. made three 
little sorties, but only in light force. We easily repulsed them. 
Capt. Post was wounded in the right breast. Loss in the 
Regt. is 7 wounded, raising the loss in the Regt. to 178. The 
103rd and 46th Ohio captured 19 prisoners and killed and 
wounded at least 25. 

Sept. 3rd. 

Rebels still here. Congratulatory order from Sherman com- 
mences, "Slocum occupied Atlanta yesterday at 11 a. m." We 
can see nothing of our position here. I don't know where the 
23rd and 14th are. Our line here is very crooked, but gen- 
erally faces S. E. Commencing at our right our line runs 
17th, 15th, 1 6th and 4th. Kilpatrick is on our right or in 
the enemy's rear. Can't hear a word of Hood's or Polk's old 
Corps or the militia. Hardee is in our front, and they are the 
only Rebel troops I know^ aught of. Cheatham's Div. faces us,. 



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and a S. C. Brig, is opposite our Brig. Capt. Wilkinson was 
wounded in the arm to-day. 

Sept. 4th. 

Received a half official notification to-day that the campai_gn 
and fighting is over. Orders to clean up arms came also, and 
the lx)ys. showing their contempt of the enemy's power to do 
harm, took their gims all to pieces and set to polishing the 
should-be bright parts, right in view of the enemy's pickets. 

Sept. 5th. 

News of the capture of Ft. Morgan. Orders to march at 
8 p. M. I was detailed to bring oflf the pickets, which was 
accomplished without trouble. Rebels did not know when we 
left, as we heard them shooting after we got back in our old 
works at Jonesboro. The whole army moved into the works 
we built the 30th. I, with my pickets, got back just before day. 

Sept. 6th. 

Lay quiet all day. Some Rebel Cav'y followed us up and 
fired a few shots into our Regt's. works, from the old Rebel 
fort, but Osterhaus swung his pickets around and gobbled 
25 of them, and the rest troubled us no more. 

Sept. 7th. 

At 7 A. M. moved out on our return, and camped for the 
night on the left bank of Flint river, 6 miles south of East- 
point. The Rebs. had fortified to this place, and I don't know 
how much farther south. As soon as Hood found out that 
Sherman was attempting to turn to his left, he commenced ex- 
tending his lines down the R. R. He had built 6 miles of new 



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works when we reached Jonesboro, the night of the 30th of 
Aug. His line was too long for his troops, so he sent two 
Corps to oppose us, and the 23rd and 4th moved into- the 
vacant space in his line right over his works. 

Sept. 8th. Near Eastpoint. 

We are again in camp for a rest ; don't know for how long. 
What do you think now of the confidence I have so often ex- 
pressed to you, in Sherman and his army? I have every hour 
of the campaign felt that a failure in it was impossible. 

The following Complimentary Orders were issued, as dated 
immediately after our going into Camp at East Point : 

Headquarters Dep't and Army of the Tennessee, 
East Point, Ga., Sept. 9th, 1864. 

] 

It is with pride, gratification, and a sense of divine favor 
that I congratulate this noble army upon the successful termi- 
nation of the campaign. 

Your officers claim for you a wonderful record — for exam- 
ple, a march of four hundred (400) miles, thirteen (13) dis- 
tinct engagements, four thousand (4,000) prisoners, and 
twenty (20) stands of colors captured, and three thousand 
(3,000) of the enemy's dead buried in your front. 

Your movements upon the enemy's flank have been bold and 
successful ; first upon Resaca, second upon Dallas, third upon 
Kenesaw, fourth upon Nickajack, fifth via Roswell, upon the 
Augusta Railroad, sixth upon "Ezra Church" to the south- 
west of Atlanta, and seventh upon Jonesboro and the Macon 



General Field Orders, 
No. 16. 



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Railroad. Atlanta was evacuated while you were fighting at 
Jonesboro. The country may never know with what patience, 
labor and exposure, you have tugged away at every natural 
and artificial obstacle that an enterprising and confident enemy 
could interpose. 

The terrific battles you have fought may never be realized 
or credited, still a glad acclaim is already greeting you from 
the government and people, in view of the results you have 
helped to gain, and I l^elieve a sense of the magnitude of the 
achievements of the last hundred days will not abate but in- 
crease with time and history. 

Our rejoicing is tempered, as it always must be, by the sol- 
dier's sorrow at the loss of his companions-in-arms. On every 
hillside, in every valley throughout your long and circuitous 
route, from Dalton to Jonesboro, you have buried them. 

Your trusted and beloved Commander fell in your midst ; his 
name, the name of McPherson, carries with it a peculiar feel- 
ing of sorrow. I trust the impress of his character is upon 
you all to incite you to generous actions and noble deeds. 

To mourning friends, and to all the disabled in battle, you 
extend a soldier's sympathy. 

My first intimate acquaintance with you dates from the 28th 
of July. I never beheld fiercer assaults than the enemy then 
made, and I never saw troops more steady and self-possessed 
in action than your Divisions which were then engaged. 

I have learned that for cheerfulness, obedience, rapidity of 
movement, and confidence in battle, the Army of the Tennes- 
see is not to be surpassed, and it shall be my study that your 
fair record shall continue, and my purpose to assist you to 



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move steadily forward and float the old Flag in every proud 
city of the Rebellion, 

(Signed) O. O. Howard, 

Major General. 
(official) 

Sam^l L. Taggart, 

Ass't Adj't Gen'l. 

Headquarters Fifteenth Army Corps, 

East Point, Ga., Sept. ii, 1864. 

Officers and Soldiers of the Fifteenth Army Corps: 

You have borne your part in the accomplishment of the 
object of this campaign, a part well and faithfully done. 

On the 1st day of May, 1864, from Huntsville, Ala., and its 
vicinity, you commenced the march. The marches and labors 
performed by you during this campaign will hardly find a 
parallel in the history of war. The proud name heretofore 
acquired by the 15th Corps for soldierly bearing and daring 
deeds remains untarnished — its lustre undimmed. During the 
campaign you constituted the main portion of the flanking 
column of the whole army. Your first move against the enemy 
was around the right of the army at Resaca, where, by your 
gallantry, the enemy were driven from the hills and his works 
on the main road from Vilanow to Resaca. On the retreat of 
the enemy, you moved on the right flank of the army by a 
circuitous route to Adairsville, in the same manner from there 
to Kingston and Dallas, where, on the 28th day of May, you 
met the veteran corps of Hardee, and in a severe and bloody 
contest you hurled him back, killing and wounding over two 
thousand, besides capturing a large number of prisoners. You 



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then moved around to the left of the army, by way of Acworth, 
to Kenesaw Mountain, where again you met the enemy, driving 
liim from three Hues of works, capturing over three hundred 
prisoners. During your stay in front of Kenesaw Mountain, 
on the 27th of June, you made one of the most daring, bold 
and heroic charges of the war, against the almost impregnable 
position of the enemy on Little Kenesaw. You were then 
moved, by way of Marietta, to Nickajack Creek, on the right 
of the army; thence back to the^^xtreme left b}'^ way of Mari- 
etta and Roswell, to the Augusta Railroad, near Stone Moun- 
tain, a distance of fifty miles, and after effectually destroying 
the railroad at this point, you moved by way of Decatur to the 
immediate front of the rebel stronghold, x^tlanta. Here, on the 
22d day of July, you again performed your duty nobly ''as 
patriots and soldiers" in one of the most severe and sanguinary 
conflicts of the campaign. With hardly time to recover your 
almost exhausted energies, you were moved again around to 
the right of the army, only to encounter the same troops against 
whom you had so recently contended, and the battle of the 
28th of July, at Ezra Chapel, will long be remembered by the 
officers and soldiers of this command. On that day it was that 
the 1 5th Corps, almost unaided and alone, for four hours con- 
tested the field against the Corps of Hardee and Lee. You 
drove them discomfited from the field, causing them to leave 
their dead and many of their wounded in your hands. The 
many noble and gallant deeds performed by you on that day 
will l)e rememl)ered among the proudest acts of our nation's 
history. After pressing the enemy closely for several days, 
you again moved to the right of the army, to the West Point 
Railroad, near Fairburn — after completely destroying the road 
for some distance, you marched to Jonesboro, driving the 



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enemy before yoii from Pond Creek, a distance of ten miles. 
At this point you again met the enemy, composed of Lee's 
and Hardee's Corps, on the 31st of August, and punished 
them severely, driving them in confusion from the field, with 
their dead and many wounded and prisoners left in your hands. 
Here again by your skill and true courage you kept sacred the 
reputation you have so long maintained, viz.: ''The 15th 
Corps never meets the enemy but to strike and defeat him." 
On the I St of September, the 14th Corps attacked Hardee, 
you at once opened fire on him, and by your co-operation his 
defeat became a rout. Hood, hearing the news, blew up his 
ammunition trains, retreated, and Atlanta was ours. 

You have marched during the campaign, in your windings, 
the distance of four hundred miles, have put "hors-du-combat" 
more of the enemy than your corps numbers, have captured 
twelve stands of colors, 2,450 prisoners and 210 deserters. 

The course of your march is marked by the graves of patri- 
otic heroes who have fallen by your side ; but at the same time 
it is more plainly marked by the blood of traitors who have 
defied the constitution and laws, insulted and trampled under 
foot the glorious flag of our country. 

We deeply sympathize with the friends of those of our com- 
rades-in-arms who have fallen ; our sorrows are only appeased 
by the knowledge that they fell as brave men, battling for the 
preservation and perpetuation of one of the best governments 
of earth. "Peace be to their ashes." 

You now rest for a short time from your labors, during the 
respite prepare for future action. Let your country see at all 
times by your conduct that you love the cause you have 
espoused; that you have no sympathy with any who would 
by word or deed assist vile traitors in dismembering our mighty 



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Republic or trailing in the dust the emblem of our national 
greatness and glory. You are the defenders of a government 
that has blessed you heretofore with peace, happiness and pros- 
perity. Its perpetuity depends upon your heroism, faithfulness 
and devotion. 

When the time shall come to go forward again, let us go 
with the determination to save our nation from threatened 
wreck and hopeless ruin, not forgetting the appeal from 
widows and orphans that is borne to us upon every breeze to 
avenge the loss of their loved ones wdio have fallen in de- 
fense of their country. Be patient, obedient and earnest, and 
the day is not far distant when you can return to your homes 
with the proud consolation that you have assisted in causing 
the old banner to again wave from every mountain's top and 
over every town and hamlet of our once happy land, and hear 
the shouts of triumph ascend from a grateful people, proclaim- 
ing that once more we have one flag and one country. 

John A. Logan, 

Major General Commanding. 

Headquarters 4th Division, 15TH A. C, 

East Point, Ga., Sept. 13, 1864. 
Officers and Soldiers: 

The Commander-in-chief, the Department Commander, and 
corps officer have each expressed to you their approbation A 
your conduct during the campaign just closed. They have 
spoken in general terms to the army, the department, and 
corps. 

It is my privilege to address your immediate organization. 
Your department commander announces the capture of four 




Maj. Charles W. Wills 



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thousand (4,000) prisoners by the Army of the Tennessee. 
You have taken one-third of that number. This army has 
taken from the enemy twenty (20) battle-flags; eight of these 
were wrested from him by your prowess. 

Your Hsts of killed and wounded in battle are larger by one- 
half than any other division in the Army of the Tennessee. 

You have destroyed as many of the enemy as any similar 
organization in the entire army. 

Yoii' have never been defeated in this or any other campaign. 

Your record is therefore spotless, and you should be and 
doubtless are proud O'f it. Your friends at home and the coun- 
try at large will some day understand and appreciate your 
conduct. 

Had your lamented department commander been spared, his 
familiarity with your history, and identification with your- 
selves, would have commanded for you more complete justice. 
Your corps commander is not now, nor has he ever been, slow 
to acknowledge your merits, but he is powerless to do more. 

Your organization will probably soon be changed, and the 
stranger to you will reap the reward of your devotion and self- 
sacrifice. The just reward, always so highly prized by the 
true soldier, may not be yours, but the consciousness of duty 
well performed will remain with you forever. You will sus- 
tain your high reputation by doing battle, as heretofore, for 
your country, and not for men. Do so cheerfully. My con- 
nection with you as your division commander may possibly 
soon be severed. Support any future officer as you have sup- 
ported me, and success must at end your efforts. I ask from 
you the same kind remembrance I shall ever give to each true 
soldier of this command. 

(Signed) William Harrow^ 

Brigadier-General U. S. Vols. 



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Note (by Copiesi) — The Army of the Tennessee remained 
at. or near, East Point, until October 4th. When Gen. Sher- 
man decided to destroy Atlanta, he gave the inhabitants their 
choice as to where they would go, either North, South, or re- 
main, and take their chances, in the ruined city. Prisoners 
captured during the campaign were also exchanged, and to a 
detail of some seventy or eighty men from the Regiment, com- 
manded by Capt. Wills, and a like command from the looth 
Indiana, was given the duty of guarding the "neutral ground" 
at a place called Rough and Ready, some eight or ten miles 
south of Atlanta. This duty being performed, the detail re- 
joined the Regiment, having been so occupied about ten days. 
The 4th Division was here broken up, and the "old 2nd Bri- 
gade" was transferred to the ist Division, commanded by 
Gen. C. R. Wood. The diary is now^ resumed. 

Oct. 4, 1864. 

We have l)een expecting to move for several days. The 
Rebels have crossed the Chattahoochie and are moving on our 
rear, a la Jonesljoro. If half the force they took over get back 
I'll be much disappointed. We yesterday sent our extra bag- 
gage to Atlanta to store, and at 1 1 last night orders came to 
march at 5 a. m. to-day. We will be off in a few minutes now. 
Marietta is in our route direction. 

Oct. 5th. 6 miles S. of Marietta. 

Had an awful day's march yesterday, full 20 miles, and 
the road very muddy and slippery. Country peculiarly 
Georgian, the like of which. I hope, is to be found nowhere 
else in Uncle Sam's domain. When we started the "spring, 
or grapevine" dispatch said that Hardee's Hd. Qrs. were in 



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Marietta, and that he was Hving very high on sanitary stores, 
of which there is enough to feed an army for a time. We 
crossed the river on pontoons near the R. R. bridge, a very fine 
work, considering it was built inside of a week. 

We then heard that Marietta was not in Hardee's posses- 
sion, but that Hvely skirmishing was going on along the lines, 
and that Hardee's army was before the place. About three 
miles from the river we met a wagon train just from Marietta; 
part of the guards had not heard that any Rebels were near 
the town. Others said that Hood's army was just the other 
side of Kenesaw, about two miles north of Marietta. Finally 
a cavalry man said part of our (Girard's) cavalry occupied 
Kenesaw, from the top of which he had seen the Rebel army 
occupying an old line of works of ours just this side of Big 
Shanty. I just thought I would give you a sample of the 
"grape cuttings" that accompany a march. A body of Rebs. 
is evidently above Merietta, on the R. R. ; how strong I don't 
know, and it is none of my business. "Pap" knows all about 
it. He never tells us anything. He has not issued a "battle 
order" during the whole campaign and hardly a congratula- 
tory. If the Rebs. are there in force, there will be a battle. 
It can have but one result, and cannot fail to be a disastrous 
one for them. We have at least 50 days' full rations and I 
think 90, so the breaking of the R. R. cannot affect us. 6 p. m. 
We took all kinds of roundabout roads to-day, and marched 
8 miles tO' make not over 4. I have been really sick all day, 
but hope it will be over by morning. The Johnnies have left 
Big Shanty, moving north on the R. R., tearing it up as they 
travel. Go it, Reb. ! 



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Oct. 6th. 12 M. 

Rained all last night, and has just suspended for a few min - 
utes, I expect. Kept dry, thanks to our rubber blankets. Drew- 
five days' rations this morning, full of everything except beans ; 
plenty of beef, though. We only drew | of a pound per man 
for the whole five days. Part of our R. R. bridge across the 
Chattahoochie washed away a few days ago. It will be fin- 
ished again to-day. There was some fighting up near Alla- 
toona Pass yesterday, in which, rumor says, our folks were 
worsted. The Rebs. are moving up the road in that direction. 
They will have to leave there or wait and fight us. I hear 
that Kilpatrick burned 200 or 300 of their wagons yesterday. 
We'll warm those fellows if they will only wait for us some- 
where. We are under orders to start at a moment's notice. 
Mud is not over a foot deep and everything else is lovely in 
proportion. I was confoundedly sick all day yesterday, could 
not eat any supper, but about 9 p. m. the boys brought some 
l>eans al>out half cooked, and the notion taking me I ate a 
couple of quarts thereof. Have felt splendidly ever since. 
Our pickets that we left at Eastpoint have just got in. The 
Div. field oflficer of the day who had charge of them misunder- 
stood his instructions and marched to the river at Sandtown, 
15 miles below where we crossed. The Rebs. fired into them 
and I suppose captured half a dozen stragglers. 

Oct. 7th. 

The Rebels have left the R. R. after l^eing whipped by Gen. 
Corse at Allatoona Pass. The 14th Corps drove them out to 
Lost Mountain yesterday. No hard fighting. They tore up 
not more than 8 miles of R. R., which will be rebuilt in 1 
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Deserters report the whole Rebel army here, but that the 
ten days' rations they started with have run out. Other de- 
serters say that their army has started for Nashville, Hunts- 
ville, or hell ; that they are satisfied they can't make either of 
the first named places, and would rather go to Sherman than 
the last named. It is wonderful what confidence this army 
has in Sherman. Every man seems to think the idea of these 
Rebels being able to do us any permanent harm is perfectly 
preposterous, and all are in the best of spirits. I can't help 
thinking that the Rebels must have all cleared out of this 
vicinity, or else we'd be going for them. Our stock is in too 
bad condition to follow them far over the, at present, horrible 
roads. A man rode along on a poor old bone-rack of a horse 
a while ago. Some wag commenced, caw, caw, caw. The 
whole camp took it up and for five minutes you would have 
thought that 10,000 crows were holding a jubilee. Let some 
one start a squirrel or rabbit and 500 men will be after it in 
a minute. Old soldiers are just a lot of men with school-boy 
spirits. 

Officers don't draw meat like the men. I have just had 
two meals of beef (and no other meat) in the last ten days. 
All our officers are the same way. It is mostly our own fault. 

Oct. 8th. On picket 4 miles S. of Marietta. 

We occupy the old Johnny skirmish pits. It was outrage- 
ously cold last night. I elected myself fireman and did not 
neglect my duties. I have men from every Regt. in the Brig. 
(7). There are an abundance of chestnuts here, and at every 
post the boys have worked pretty steadily all day roasting and 
eating. All sit on their knapsacks before the fire, every fellow 
with a stick to take out the nuts. It is right interesting to 



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hear the men talk. Nearly all have been in the service three 
years or over, and almost every battlefield in the west has been 
seen by some of the Brig. We move. The Rebels have 
crossed the Etawah. 

Oct. 9th. Two miles N. of Kenesaw Mt. 

Alx)ut 5 o'clock last night, just when we should have been 
relieved, we heard the ''General" sounded through the camp. 
and in half an hour more the "Assembly." The Corps started 
toward Marietta, and in another half hour we assembled, and 
in charge of the Div. officer of the day followed as rear guard 
of the train. 

At 12 p. M., after a cold, tiresome march, the train corraled, 
and we built fires and turned in beside them for the balance 
of the night, right at the N. E. base of Kenesaw Mt. This 
A. M. found the Brig, two miles further north. The Rebel 
army was here 3 days ago, and tore up the R. R. all along 
here. They are now near Van Wirt. If they go north across 
the Etowah, we will probably follow. Their present position 
menaces the whole line of road from Rome to the Chatta- 
hoochie crossing. 

Oct. loth. Near Kenesaw Mt. 

Was on the ground we charged on the 27th of June, and 
also on top of Kenesaw to-day. Very fine view, but nothing 
like equal to that from Lookout. The signal station here com- 
municates direct with Atlanta, Allatoona and Roswell. 

I picked up some black oak acorns to-day from a tree that 
shades the graves of 12 or 15 of our soldiers, mostly from our 
Regt., who fell on the 27th. They were buried right where 
they fell. That charge was the maddest folly of the campaign. 



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Oct. II. Allatoona Pass. 

Our Corps moved at the setting of the sun, and continued 
moving till we were all confoundedly tired. I never saw the 
men so noisy, funny, or in any way or every way feeling half 
so good. After we had marched about 8 miles, one of How- 
ard's staff came back along the line and informed us that 
Sherman had just notified Howard that Richmond is ours. 
Everybody believed it, but nobody cheered. They were sav- 
ing the yells for the confirmation. We camped at i a. m. 
with orders for reveille at 4 and march at 5 a. m, 

Oct. 1 2th. Three miles S. of Kingston. 

Started at daylight this morning. The Rebels were then 
at Rome. Stopped here at 5 p. m. It is understood that the 
Rebel army has moved S. W. into Alabama. 

Passed through the best country to-day that we have seen 
in Ga. We are camped on what has been a splendid plantation 
(equal to anything on Copperas Creek), and on the only 
clover field, I think, in Ga. This is about the only ground on 
which I have seen the Jamestown weed, plantain, or clover. We 
are very scarce of forage, and the officers turned their horses 
out on the clover to graze. The Northern stock enjoyed it ex- 
ceedingly, but the Southern horses did not know enough to 
eat it. They nosed around among the rich bunches of clover 
to pick out the weeds and hard wild grass, the latter not near 
as good as our poorest prairie grass. 

Oct. 13th. 3 miles from Rome, Ga. 

Started at 8 this morning and landed here at dark. Heard 
40 or 50 cannon shots in vicinity of Rome during the day's 
march. The country to-day is fair for Ga., but not equal to 



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that between Cartersville and Kingston. While we were rest- 
ing to-day, Osterhaus (at present commanding our Corps) 
rode by our Regt. and a few scamps hallowed "sowbelly, sow- 
belly." You know the men have l^een living on army beef for 
a month, and it is not desirable fare; still they were only in 
fun, and I noticed the Gen. smile, but some puppy finally cried 
out "Kraut," and another echoed it with "Kraut by the barrel." 
The Gen. wheeled his horse and rode up to us, his face white 
with passion. "Vat Regiment ish dis?" No one answered. 
He rode up near me and again asked, "Vat Regt. ish dis?" I 
told him. "Vy don't you kit up?" I arose and again an- 
swered him respectfully, "The 103rd Ills., sir." "Vare ish 
your Col.?" "At the right of the Regt., sir." He rode up 
to Wright and gave him the devil. I have not been so morti- 
fied for a long time. We all think a great deal of Osterhaus, 
and just coming in to his Division were all desirous that his 
first impressions of our Regt. should be favorable. As it is, 
two or three insulting puppies have given us a name with him 
that I have no doubt will cause us trouble for a long time. 
Yelping "sauer kraut" at a German is a poor way to gain 
his favor. 

Oct. 1 2th. (A duplication of dates.) 

Last night, while our train was passing through Cassville, 
a town 4 miles south of Kingston, an ambulance gave out, and 
the driver unhitched and concluded to stay all night. That 
was some three miles from where we stayed. 9 stragglers also 
laid down beside the ambulance for the night. The 17th Corps 
came through there to-day and found the driver dead, with a 
bayonet thrust through him. and the traps of the 9 men lay- 
ing around. The horses and 9 men are missing. I heard to- 



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night that the bodies of the 9 men had been found altogether. 
Our men burned the town. I expect we will lie here to-mor- 
row, and if Hood's army is in this vicinity go for it next day. 
Nobody thinks he will dare to fight us. We have parts of 
5 Corps here. 

Oct. 13th. (Duplicated also.) 

The men drew full rations of bacon to-day. There has been 
some fighting 9 miles down the north side of the Coosa river 
to-day. Our Corps moves back on the Kingston road at "re- 
treat." Don't know where to. 

Received two letters from you to-day, also papers, for which 
am very thankful. Have had a good rest to-day. Everybody 
is in glorious spirits. Kilpatrick started west to-day with 50 
days' rations of salt. I wish I was with him. 

Oct. 14th. 3 miles S. W. of Adairsville. 

We marched at sunset last evening, and halted not until 3 
this A. M. Marched miserably slow the first 5 miles through 
a deep gorge, but about i o'clock got straightened out on the 
Rome and Calhoun road, a good one, and then got along 
nicely. In the fighting at Rome yesterday, our folks whipped 
them and took some artillery. We got to bed at 3^, and 
reveille sounded at 5 and we marched at 6|. Not much sleep 
after marching 20 miles, was it? We had no crackers this 
morning, and before I got up my imagination was reveling in 
the prospect of a breakfast on parched corn, but at the festive 
board the cook surprised us with a mess of pancakes. They 
looked like plates cut out of a rubber blanket, and tasted ac- 
cordingly. One member of the mess said they just came up 
to his ideal of a poet's dream. Another, that they only lacked 



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one thing, and that was the stamp, "Goodyear's Patent." The 
Surgeon advised us to use them sparingly, for, said he, "If 
they mass against any part of your interior Hues, the conse- 
quences will be dire." But we were hard up for bread-stufTs, 
and closed with the dreadful stuff manfully. 12 m. Have 
stopped for dinner. 

The Rebel army was, or part of it, at Resaca yesterday, 
about 9 miles from here. 

Oct. 15th. Calhoun, Ga. 

Stayed here last night. Reveille at 3 a. m., but our Brig, 
brings up the rear of the Corps to-day, and we won't get off 
till after daylight. 

Oct. 15th, 10 A. M. Resaca. 

We are waiting here for rations. The 4th and 14th Corps 
are ahead, and for the last half hour we have heard ver}' heavy 
skirmishing toward "Snake Creek Gap," just about where we 
heard the first fighting of the campaign, a little over 5 months 
ago. There is enough to interest me in the prospect for the 
next three days. Snake Creek Gap, 10 p. m. We have the 
whole gap. 

Oct. 1 6th. N. end Snake Creek Gap. 

After a tedious march got here at 11 p. m. The Rebels 
about 6 hours ahead of us, had blockaded the road in good 
style. They did some half a day's work, wath hundreds of 
men, and delayed us about — ten minutes. 

p. M. On Summit of Taylor's Ridge, Shipp's Gap. 
Our Div. has the advance to-day. The Rebels drove very 
well, until we got here, when, having a very good position. 



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they resisted us with some vim. A few men of the ist Brig, 
finally climbed the hill, flanked, and routed them. Our loss, 
7 wounded. We got 35 prisoners and killed and wounded a 
dozen or so. 

Oct. 17th. 

I incline to think that the raid and pursuit are both over, 
though we wish that Sherman would follow them until they 
get the punishment they deserve for their impudence. They 
tore up some 20 miles of R. R., killed and wounded not over 
750 for us, and captured about 1,100. Their loss in killed and 
wounded, whom we have buried, is 1,900; prisoners, that I 
know of, 600; besides a lot of deserters who have come in. 
800 of the prisoners captured by them were negroes, who 
could not have been taken but for the cowardice of their Col. 
Johnson. 

The tearing up of the R. R. amounts to nothing. We have 
not had our rations cut down an ounce in anything. The man 
that run that raid ought to be ashamed of himself, and I'll 
venture he is. 

In Snake Creek Cap, but for Gen. Statnley's laziness, we 
would have got enough prisoners to make Hood howl. He 
rested his Corps three hours, just as he did when entrusted 
with a critical piece of work at Jonesboro. 

We have been having a gay time this morning. It is cold 
enough to make us sit close to the fire, and the negroes keep 
us in chestnuts. 

Oct. 1 8th. La Fayette. 

Our Brig, was marching through Cane Creek Valley yes- 
terday till 4 P. M., when we struck out for this place 5 miles. 



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\vhich we made in i| hours. Nice little town almost sur- 
rounded with half-mountains. There has been a pair of Cav'y 
fights here, the fruits whereof can be seen in an addition to 
the Cemetery, near which we are bivouacked, some 25 Rebel 
graves, and half as many Yankees. Divers fair creatures can 
be seen here, chiefly Reb; I have heard though to-day much 
Union. We are now bound for Rome. 

Oct. 19th. Near Summerville. 

Reached this place yesterday. The Cav'y advance had some 
sharp skirmishing, and brought back some two or three pris- 
oners. We are drawing full rations, besides preying ofif the 
country, all kinds of meat, apples, potatoes, and I believe the 
men find a little of everything known to be eatable. Enter- 
ing houses is prohibited under penalty of death, but some 
scoundrels manage to pillage many houses. Foraging is also 
half prohibited, but I am satisfied that our General officers 
do not object to our taking meat, etc.. if houses are not en- 
tered. 10 p. M. Have stopped here to draw rations. The 
23rd and 4th Corps have already moved fonvard on the old 
Alabama road. That looks as though we were intending to 
follow the Rebs. We "liners" have no idea w^here they are. 
One rumor is that they are moving N. W., intending to cross 
the Tenn. river. S. or S. W. of Huntsville. Another that 
they are moving to their new base at or near Blue Mt. on 
the road from here to Talladega, Ala. If we are going to 
follow them. I look for a long campaign. But for one thing, 
we would rather go into a campaign immediately than into 
camp. That is. the men have not been paid ofif for ten months, 
and many families are undoubtedly suffering in consequence. 
Our money is waiting for us, and we wall get it whenever the 



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Johnnies will let us stop long enough for the Paymasters to 
catch up. Don't you people ever think of us as being with- 
out rations. We sometimes wish the Rebs would cut our 
communications entirely, so that we could live wholly off 
the country. The Rebs only take corn and meat, and we fatten 
on what they are not allowed to touch. 

Oct. 20th. Alpine, Chatuga Valley. 

Got here at dark last night, 8 miles from Summerville. 
We seem to be headed S. W. I have the sorest feet I have 
enjoyed for two years. Do you notice how accurately I 
miss it in every prediction I venture? I am a fair sample of 
the ignorance "Pap" keeps this army of his movements. He 
has shown his ability to keep us from divining his purposes, 
but he or any other General cannot keep us from guessing. 
Fine country here, for Ga. An officer and 20 men are detailed 
daily for foragers. 

They start ahead in the morning, and shoot hogs, sheep, 
gather sweet potatoes, apples, etc., and bring all out to the 
roadside. The hogs and sheep are cut into pieces of about 
20 or 25 pounds. When the Regt. comes along every man 
makes a grab as he passes, at the pile, throws his chunk over 
his shoulder, and all without breaking ranks. You can im- 
agine the appearance a battalion would make at nightfall. 

Oct. 2 1 St. Gaylsville, Ala. 

Marched about 18 miles yesterday, down a very fine valley, 
between Lookout Mt. and Taylor's Ridge, crossed the latter 
after dark, through a pass that beat all for blackness and 
stones, to tumble over, that I ever saw. Got a very large 
mail yesterday, but only one letter from you. We move again 



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this morning, but don't know when. Can send a letter back 
from here, first chance we have had this month. I guess we 
have halted here to wait the building of a bridge over the 
Coosa. The Rebels burned it yesterday. 

What we are going for nobody knows. I saw Sherman 
yesterday as we passed through Gaylesville. He was talking 
with Jeff. C. Davis. He always has a cigar hanging from the 
corner of his mouth. It is always about half-gone, but I never 
saw it lighted. He is certainly the most peculiar looking man 
I ever saw. At one house we passed this morning, we saw 
three of the ugliest looking women imaginable. They sat on 
the porch step, side by side, hoopless, unkempt and unwashed. 
I'll swear that man never before witnessed three such frights 
together. All three were singing a Rebel song. I knew they 
were trying to sing, but although close to them, could not 
distinguish a word. Some of the men recognized the tune 
as belonging to a tune called the "Rebel Soldier." The men 
were so completely surprised and thunderstruck by the show 
that they had not a word to say. It tickles us to see that 
you home folks are uneasy about us because Hood has got 
into our rear. I tell you that I have not seen a man uneasy 
for a minute, on that subject, and that Hood has to run like 
a hound to get away from us. If Hood's army was to-day, 
twice as strong as it is, we would be too many for him. 

Oct. 22nd. 

I was foraging to-day for the Regt. with about 20 men. 
Got plenty of hogs and potatoes. Sweet potatoes are about 
the size of ordinary pumpkins and most delicious. 



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Oct. 23rd. 

A day of rest and washing. The Cav'y was out some dozen 
miles S. W., and report the enemy intrenched and in force. 

Oct, 24th. 8 miles S. W. of last night's camp. 

With 5 Brigs, of our Corps started at 3^ p. m. to look after 
Rebels reported. Came through a little hamlet called Blue 
Pond from a little Lake in the neighborhood of a dirty mud 
color. Plenty of milk and honey, 

Oct, 25th. 9 miles N. W. of Gadsden, Ala. 

Found the Rebels about noon to-day in position behind a 
rail work, running across from Lookout Mt. to Coosa river. 
It was only Wheeler's Cav'y, and we blew them out easily. 
We formed to charge them, but they wouldn't wait. We 
followed till we were satisfied there was no infantry behind 
them, and then settled for the night, and sent out foragers. 
There was some miserable artillery firing by both sides. Not 
a dozen men were hurt; only one in our Brig., looth Ind. 

Oct. 26th. At Little River again. 

Got back on the 25th, and have been laying quiet. Our 
foragers have been skirmishing a good deal with the enemies' 
scouts, but few casualties however. 

Oct. 27th. Cedar Bluff, Ala. 

Waiting here for the 17th A. C. to get across the Coose. 
It is a beautiful little river, not as wide as the Ills., but has 
a deeper channel. We are starting on the road to Talladega ; 
don't even know whether we are starting on a campaign or 
not. Hood is reported across the Tenn. We understand that 



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Shemian has men enough to attend to him, and that Sherman 
intends to use us to Christianize this country. Many think 
we are now on the way to Montgomery or Selma. River 
here about 120 yards wide. About a thousand head of our 
cattle swam across, some of them swam over and back two 
or three times, and many of the thin ones drowned, for which 
we were grateful to the drovers as it saved us some very hard 
chewing. 

Oct. 29th. Camp in piney woods, 5 miles S. of Cedar Bluffs. 

Such a march over pine ridges and through swamps; 
Egyptian darkness would take a back seat in comparison with 
this night. It just happened to strike the men as funny, and 
they kept up a roar of cheering the whole distance. 

Oct. 31st, I A. M. Near Cave Springs, Ga.. 26 miles S. of 
Rome. 

We think we are going to Rome. Had an extremely dis- 
agreeable march yesterday of only 12 miles, over pine and 
scrub oak ridges. A swamp in every valley. Camped before 
dark for almost the first time of the trip. This is the 27th 
day since we broke camp at East point. Everybody is all 
right. Compliments to Col. Wright, if he is at home, and 
tell him immense rumors are afloat, of a Montgomery Cam- 
paign. Had an immense supper of fresh pork and sweet 
potatoes. 

Nov. 1st. Cedar Town, Ga. 

Abomination of abominations, train guard to-day. It is the 
most disagreeable duty we are subject to on the march. I 
escaped the afternoon duty by being sent out foraging. Got 



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all the men could carry, and disgusted a rich citizen consid- 
erably, also saw a nice rosy-faced girl, whose teeth and finger 
nails would spoil a meal for any one of ordinary constitution. 
One man in our Brig, wounded, 40th Ills., in a Httle skirmish 
to-day. 

Nov. 2nd. Van Wirt, Ga. 

It has rained steadily all day. Moved 12 miles. I have an 
excellent pair of shoes. A good deal of water got into them 
to-day, but it all ran out. Camp to-night on a high pine 
ridge. Pine knot fires come in first rate. That 40th boy that 
was wounded last night was captured with three more of our 
men by 30 Rebels and taken 8 or 10 miles, then formed in line 
and ordered to about face and fired upon; 2 fell dead and the 
other two ran away. 

Nov. 3rd, 6 p. M. 5 miles N. W. of Villa Rica, Ga. 

Forty-eight hours' rain without a stop, and a good prospect 
for as much more. We left Van Wirt and Dallas to the left, 
and by 16 miles hard marching, have got near enough over 
this barren ridge, I think, to find a few marks of civilization. 
Rumor says, we are going to Atlanta to relieve the 20tli Corps, 
and will then be paid. Passed to-day a one-horse wagon, a 
large ox in the shafts, and 4 women in the wagon dressed for 
a party. 

Nov. 4th, 6 p. M. Powder Springs. 

Cold rain to-day. Made 15 miles. Country only fit for 
(?) Come through a long line of fine works the Rebs put 
up after they took up our R. R. at Ackwork. This about the 
last day of pork and potatoes, to-morrow will bring us tO' 
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Nov. 5th. Vinings Station. 

Our Brig, rear guard all day. Foragers could not find a 
thing. Traveled through a perfect labyrinth of breastworks. 
Reb or Yank grave every 100 yards. One month ago 
we passed here, confident of overtaking Hood, but he was too 
swift for us, and after 300 miles travel, we are back at the 
starting point. Altogether it has been the most pleasant cam- 
paign of my soldiering. The officers of the Regt. have all 
messed together, and we have had all the good living and fun 
we wanted. I was under the civilizing influence of a white 
woman's society to-day for five minutes, and in consequence 
feel duly amiable. 

Nov. 6th. 

Rain all day. We are preparing for a huge campaign, and 
are all right glad of it; 50 days' rations is the word. Don't 
know when we start. Montgomery or Augusta are probably 
the points. We are going to shake up the bones of the re- 
bellion. I would not miss this campaign for anything. 

Nov. 1 2th, 1864. 

The Rubican is passed, the die is cast, and all that sort of 
thing. We to-day severed our own cracker line. At 11 
A. M. our and the 17th Corps were let loose on the R. R.. the 
men worked with a will, and before dark the 12 miles of track 
between here and Marietta were destroyed. The ties were 
piled and burned and the rails, after being heated red hot in 
the middle, were looped around trees or telegraph poles. Old 
destruction himself could not have done the work better. The 
way the Rebels destroyed our road on their raid, was not even 



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a fair parody on our style. The 20th Corps is at it between 
Atlanta and the river, and the 14th and 23rd north of Marietta. 
We have orders to-night to move at 7 a. m. 

Nov. 13th. White Hall, 2 miles west of Atlanta. 

We made 15 miles to-day very easily. Coming through 
Atlanta the smoke almost blinded us. I believe everything of 
any importance there is on fire. Understand that all the large 
buildings are to be burned. Tremendous smoke also rising 
over the site of Marietta. It is said that we will lie here two 
or three days. We are only | mile from where we did our 
hard fighting "before Atlanta." 

Nov. 14th. 

Troops are coming in to-day on all the roads. 'Tis said 
that we will be ready to move to-morrow. So be it. The 
cracker line is cut now, and we don't want to lie still eating 
up our precious rations. I was again over the old position we 
occupied before Atlanta. I would like to be your guide over 
that ground some day. Tremendous fires in Atlanta to-day. 

Nov. 15th. Near Jonesboro. 

The grand expeditionary force has commenced moving. Our 
Regt. has the honor of leading our Corps in the first day's 
march. Made about 18 miles to-day, the first ten of which, 
the two or three Cos. of Cav'y, who led us, had quite lively 
skirmishing. 

At one point the Rebs took advantage of an old line of 
works and made quite a stubborn resistance, but our Regt. 
though we were deployed and advanced as skirmishers, did 
not get a shot the whole day. Just as we turned off the road 



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to bivouac the Rebels opened a piece of artillery on us, but 
fired only a few shots and hurt no one. Item. Saw a lovely 
girl to-day. Item ; had on the Union, to-day. Item ; had my 
first drink of milk since the 26th of Dec, '63. Item; have 
an opossum, which "Ruben" is to cook for my breakfast. 
Heavy cannonading west of us. 

Nov, i6th, II p. M. McDonough. 

Made 14 miles to-day through a really fine country. Only 
saw one house though that looked like living. Forage is no 
name for the good things our foragers find here. I notify 
you that I had eggs for supper. There was some lively can- 
nonading towards Lovejoy this morning, but it has been quiet 
ever since. Think the "Militia" has discovered that this party 
"sizes their pile," and have "fled to the mountain." Our whole 
Corps are on the road to-day. The advance got into camp, 
5 miles ahead, at noon. We got here one hour ago, and our 
Div. camps six miles back. The roads are excellent and we 
travel right along. We all voted this morning that opossum 
meat was good enough for white folks. I liked it very much. 

Nov. 17th, 12 A. M.. Near Jackson, Ga. 

Have just had our coffee. Marched some 17 miles to-day. 
Begin to see where the "rich planters" come in. This is prob- 
ably the most gigantic pleasure excursion ever planned. It 
already beats everything I ever saw- soldiering, and promises 
to prove much richer yet. I wMsh Sherman would burn the 
Commissary trains, w^e have no use for what they carry, and 
the train only bothers us. It is most ludicrous to see the 
actions of the negro women as we pass. They seem to be half- 
crazy with joy, and when a band strikes up they go stark 



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mad. Our men are clear discouraged with foraging-, they 
can't carry half the hogs and potatoes they find right along 
the road. The men detailed for that purpose are finding lots 
of horses and mules. The 6th Iowa are plumb crazy on the 
horse question. 

Nov. 1 8th. Springs, 40 miles from Macon. 

We got here at noon, but will wait till to-morrow I under- 
stand for the 3rd and 4th Divs. to lay a pontoon bridge across 
the Ocmulgee river. This has been a summer resort of some 
note. From 800 to i ,000 people congregate here. The spring 
is a little stream of water not larger than your finger, which 
runs from the rock at the rate of a gallon a minute. It is 
sulphur water with some other ingredient that gives it a very 
disagreeable odor. This is quite a romantic place. Foraged 
some Peach Brandy, which was destroyed. 

Nov. 19th. Near Hillsboro. 

Have been foraging to-day. Crossed the Ocmulgee at 
Ocmulgee Mills on pontoons. This river is much like the 
Chattahoochie, but not so broad. I am lost from the Div. to- 
night, and camped near the 2nd Div. By the kindness of Mrs. 
Elisabeth Celia Pye, I occupy a feather bed to-night. It is 
the first house I have been in for the last 3 months. She 
understood from the Rebels that we burned all houses and 
she took all her things out and hid them in the woods. The 
foragers found them and brought them in to her. Had an 
excellent supper with the boys. This is a level, fine country,, 
and has been well cultivated. 



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Nov. 20th. Near Clinton. 

Struck out foraging before daylight this morning. Almost 
any house on the road to-day would furnish pork and pota- 
toes enough for a Brig. I got to the Regt. about 8 p. m. 
last night. They say our Brig, marched till 3 a. m., and the 
reveille sounded before the men got through supper. We 
passed over the scene of Stoneman's fighting and surrender 
last August. Some of our men found two of our dead soldiers 
unburied, which don't speak well for the Rebs, and is charged 
against them. I think there is less pillaging this trip than I 
e\'er saw before. 

Nov. 2 1 St. Near Macon, Ga. 

This makes 7 days from Atlanta, 1 14 miles by the roads we 
have marched. I think that time for an army like ours, over 
bad roads, too, for at least 4 days, is unprecedented. 

Our Cav'y had a little skirmish at Macon last evening and 
were driven back. I heard some cannonading, but don't think 
it amounted to much. There was a little skirmish about the 
rear of our Div. at 4 this p. m., but beside racing and maybe 
capturing some half-dozen of our foragers, it amounted to 
nothing. Our left occupied Milledgeville. Gov. Brown is 
here at Macon, also Beauregard, and they have scraped to- 
gether some ten or a dozen things to defend the town with. 
I don't think from looks at present that "Pap" is going to try 
the town, but can't tell. We have thrown up a little rail bar- 
ricade this evening, which looks as if we were intending to 
destroy the Macon and Savannah R. R.. on which rests the 
right of our Brig. We are afraid at this writing that Sheaff 
Herr was captured to-day. He was foraging where that 



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little skirmish took place this p. m._, and Rebs were seen after, 
and within 75 yards of him. It has rained steadily all day 
and for the last 60 hours, but has turned cold and is now 
clear. 

Nov. 22nd. Near Griswoldville. 

Has been a gay day for our Brig. The other two Brigs^ 
of our Div. went to work on the R. R. this morning, and we 
on a reconnoissance toward Macon. Found Rebel Cav'y at 
once. My Cos., A. and B., were thrown out as skirmishers. 
Forty of us drove at least 400 Rebel Cav'y at least 4 miles, 
and kept them a mile ahead of the Brig. I think we killed 
and wounded at least 20 of them. We finally charged them 
out of a rail barricade and thoroughly stampeded them. It 
was the richest thing I ever saw. We got highly compli- 
mented on the way we drove them. Griswoldville was the 
point we started for, and having reached it we lay there an 
fiour or so, and were then ordered back to the Brig. We 
found it in line along an open field, building a rail barricade 
along the front. We had a nice open field without even a 
fence on it. full 600 yards wide in our front. We were get- 
ting dinner, not dreaming of a fight, when lively musketry 
opened on the picket line, and in a minute more our pickets 
came in flying. A fine line of Johnnies pushed out of the 
woods after them, and then started for us. We commenced 
throwing up logs in our front and did not fire a shot until they 
were within 250 yards of us, by which time our works would 
protect us from musketry. We all felt that we had a sure 
thing, and had there been but one line of Rebs, we would 
have let them come up close to us. But, by the time the first 



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line had got within 250 yards of us, three other Hnes had 
emerged from the woods, and they had run two batteries out 
on the field further to our right which opened on us. Our 
artillery returned the fire, but was silenced almost immediately. 
We then let loose on them with our muskets, and if we did 
not interest them, it is queer. One after another their lines 
crumbled to pieces, and they took the run to save themselves. 
There was a ravine 50 yards in front of us, and as the Rebs 
did not dare to run back over that field, they broke for the 
ravine. It was awful the way w-e slaughtered those men. 
Once in the ravine most of them escaped by following it up, 
the willows and canes screening them. We let a skirmish line 
into the ravine, which gobbled some 50 prisoners, a number 
of Africans among them. It was a most complete repulse, 
and when the numbers alone are considered, a glorious thing 
for us. Only our little Brig, of say 1,100 muskets w^ere en- 
gaged on our side and no support was nearer than 4 miles 
(and then but one Brig.), while the Rebels had four Brigs, 
and two Regts., about 6,000 men. But the four Brigs, were 
"Militia." We estimate their loss at 1,000, and I do not think 
it an over-estimate. Ours is 14 killed and 42 wounded in the 
whole Brigade; 4 killed and 7 wounded, in the Regt.; two in 
my Co. ; 25 out of 30 Rebel bullets went 20 feet over our 
heads. Not one of ours went higher than their heads. Gen. 
C. C. Wolcutt was wounded much as Col. Wright w^as, but 
more severely. No officers in our Regt. were wounded. Two 
Rebel Generals were either killed or w^ounded. Gen. George, 
who formerly commanded in North Miss., and Gen. Hall or 
Call. I was never so afifected at the sight of wounded and 
dead before. 



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Old grey haired and weakly looking men and little boys, not 
over 15 years old, lay dead or writhing in pain. I did pity 
those boys, they almost all who could talk, said the Rebel 
Cav'y. gathered them up and forced them in. 

We took all inside our skirmish line that could bear mov- 
ing, to our hospital, and covered the rest with the blankets 
of the dead. I hope we will never have to shoot at such men 
again. They knew nothing at all about fighting, and I think 
their officers knew as little, or else, certainly knew nothing 
about our being there. About dark we moved back to this 
place, two miles from the battle field. The Johnnies drew off 
before we did, I think. 

Account of the Griswoldville fight, as given by Major 
Wilhson : 

Nov. 22nd. 

"On reaching the Georgia Central R. R. (from Macon to 
Savannah), about 8 miles east of Macon, our Div. (the ist 
now), was ordered to take position some two miles to the 
right of the Corps to cover the other Divs. while destroying 
the Road. We had marched perhaps one and a half miles, 
when we met our small Cav'y force on a stampede, flying 
toward the main column. The Rebel Cav'y had surprised 
them and put them to flight. The Command was halted and 
the 2nd Brig, was ordered to drive the Rebs back, and with 
one section of the 2nd Mich, light Artillery we started out 
to meet the Johnnie's "Creeter Regt.," throwing forward two 
Cos. of the 103rd, and two Cos. from the 97th Ind. We 
marched forward to a skirt of timber, where we met the Reb 
Cav'y, and drove them back through the timber and across 



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an old farm, through another skirt of timl^er, and through 
the httle town of Griswoldville, where just before reaching 
the town, Co. G., under Capt. Wills, charged upon the 
Johnnies, capturing three prisoners and their mounts, one of 
w hich was a ver\' nice horse, and by Gen. Wood's permission 
was turned over to Adjt. Frank Lermond, he being without 
a horse. After a time the enemy was discovered marching 
in force from the direction of Macon. The Brig, was formed 
in line at the east side of the old farm, and a slight barricade 
of rails and logs was hurriedly thrown together, and the 
skirmishers called in. Our little barricade being completed, we 
laid down and aw'aited their coming. 

Col. Walcutt having been wounded in the leg while out 
reconnoitering, the front, went to the rear, turning the command 
over to Col. R. F, Catterson, of the 97th Ind., w^ho gave 
orders for the command to hold their fire until he should give 
the order. Well, here we lay behind our slight barricade, and 
watched the Johnnies march out of the pine timber onto the 
open field in our front in three battle lines and one 6 pounder 
battery. Either of their lines stronger in numbers than our 
whole Brig., which now numbered about 1,200, rank and file. 
The enemy moved up in solid lines, their battery as soon as 
formed on the field, opened on our battery which had been 
posted behind a small Lunette, and replied to the enemies' 
guns feebly, and, in fact, was soon w^ithdraw^n from the field. 

The Johnnies had now^ advanced so near that we could hear 
every command from their officers, and we, of course, began 
to feel a bit nervous and anxious to begin our w^ork, for it 
really looked as though we had a big job ahead of us, and 
frequently we turned our faces to see what had become of our 



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Brig, commander, who had taken position behind a pine tree 
and a Httle to the rear and center of the Brig., was eagerlv 
watching the movements of the enemy, and waiting for them 
to come within easy range of our guns. 

Finally, he gave the command to "commence firing," which 
was repeated by Regimental commanders and promptly re- 
sponded to by the entire command by delivering almost a 
solid volley of musketry square in the faces of the first line, 
the effect of which was most terrible; literally mowing down 
the first line, which halted, wavered, and seemed amazed. 
We continued our fire as fast as we could load and fire (some 
of our Regts. were armed with repeating rifles, and kept up 
a constant fire). The enemies' second and third lines advanc- 
ing, soon took the place of the first line, pouring into our line 
a steady fire, but our little barricade now served us a good 
purpose, and warded off many ball intended for us. Finally 
our ammunition began to run low, when the Maj. dispatched 
the Drum Corps for more cartridges, who, failing tO' return 
in due time, another detail was sent on the double quick, and 
finally when our last cartridge was loaded into our muskets 
we ceased firing and fixed bayonets, and awaited the charge 
that we supposed the enemy would surely make, they having 
advanced to within pistol range of our line, but now came 
ammunition in abundance. The boxes were burst open and 
cartridges distributed along the line when our fire was again 
renewed with terrible effect on the enemy in our front, who 
wavered and fell back to a little ravine, some fifty or seventy 
yards in our front. The Maj. now ordered Cos. A. and F. 
to make a sortie out from the right of our Regt. to get in 
rear of the Johnnies, who had taken cover in the ravine. The 



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order was executed in fine style, capturing and driving into 
our lines about 200 of the enemy. The fight lasted about two 
and a half hours. We had met and repulsed about five times 
our number. Our Regt. lost four killed and seven wounded. 
Lost in the Brig, killed and wounded, 82. We afterward 
picked up a Macon paper containing a description of the battle, 
in which they admitted a loss of 1,500 killed and wounded, 
and censuring their Commander, Gen. A. G. Smith, for reck- 
lessness and foolishly sacrificing so many lives, in contend- 
ing with only three Brigs., against Sherman's whole army." 

Nov. 23rd. Near Gordon. 

Came here to-day, about 8 miles, find the Army of the 
Tenn. all here. Have heard nothing of the Rebs to-day; saw 
ice 1 1 inches thick that formed last night. Wore my over- 
coat all day. The left wing is either at Milledgeville or gone 
on east. A branch road, runs up to the Capitol from the 
Macon and Savannah R. R., leaving it at Gordon. It is now 
all destroyed. This road is very easily destroyed. The iron 
is laid on stringers, which are only fastened to the ties, with 
wooden pins. We have yet done nothing at it, but boys who 
have, say they pry up one stringer with the iron on it, roll 
it over to the other half of the track, lay some rails on, and 
fire it. The iron being firmly fastened to the stringer, ex- 
panding under the heat destroys it completely. The counttry 
here is quite rolling, not quite as rich as the Indian Spring 
Country, but there is yet plenty of forage. The woods are 
mostly pine, and we are all most anxious to get where we 
will have some other fuel. The smoke of pine wood is so dis- 
agreeable. 



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Head Quarters, Dept. and Army of the Tenn., 

Gordon, Ga., Nov. 23rd, 1864. 

Mayor General Osferhaus, Com'dg i^th Corps. 
General : 

I take sincere pleasure in congratulating the Brigade of 
Gen'l Walcutt of Gen'l Wood's Division of the 15th Corps, 
on its complete success in the action of yesterday. 

Officers from other Commands who were looking on say 
that there never was a better Brigade of Soldiers. 

I am exceedingly sorry that any of our brave men should 
fall, and for the suffering of the wounded, the thanks of the 
army are doubly due to them. 

I tender my sympathy through you to the brave and excel- 
lent Commander of the Brigade, Brig. Gen. Walcutt. 
It is hoped that his wound will not disable him. 

Very Respectfully 

Your Ob't Serv't. 
(Signed) O. O. Howard,, 

Maj. Gen'l. 

P. S. The loss of the enemy is estimated from 1,500 to 
2,000 killed, wounded, and prisoners. 

O. O. H., M. G. 

Nov. 24th. Irwinton. 

Made 12 miles to-day over a rolling but well settled country. 
This is a nice little 700 county town. I hear that the troops 
that were at Macon are passing us on our right. Suppose 
they want to get in our front to annoy us again. They had 
better keep out of our way. Had another romantic meeting 



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to-day with a Miss Howell. Spent the evening at her house. 
A charming girl, very accomplished. Admire her very much. 
Understand to-day that 'Tap's" headquarters are at Howell 
Cobb's house in Milledgville. Some of the men saw a Macon 
paper of the 2ist inst. It gave the proceedings of a citizen's 
meeting. In resolutions they declared that Sherman's army 
must be stopped in its mad career and pledged themselves to 
turn out en masse and harrass us day and night. In fact, to 
give us no rest at all. The operations of the next day shows 
how they commenced their good work. Have not heard any- 
thing of them since. 

Nov. 25th. Near Ball's Ferry, Oconee River. 

Got off at daylight ; made some 8 miles, formed in a line in 
a f^eld. "Halt!" "Cover files!" "Front!" "Stack arms!" 
Now men get rails and fix for the night. So we think we 
have plenty of time and make our motions accordingly. We 
had just got our things fairly unpacked when the "General" 
sounded. Fifteen minutes afterward the assembly, and we 
were again on the march. All right ! This miserable pine 
smoke again to-night. Saw the 17th Corps to-day for the 
first time on the trip. They tried to cross the river at the 
R. R. bridge, but the Johnnies would not let them, and they 
had to come down to our road. I think we are to-night half 
way on our journey. The boys had a great time last night in 
Irwinton. The citizens had buried a great many things to keep 
them from the "vandals" and the boys soon found it out. 
Hundreds of them were armed with sharpened sticks probing 
the earth, "prospecting." They found a little of everything, 
and I guess they took it all to the owners, eatables and drink- 
ables. We fell in. at retreat, and had general order No. 26 read 



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to us for I guess the 20th time. It declares that "any soldier jr 
army follower who shall be convicted of the crime of arson 
■or robbery, or who shall be caught pillaging, shall be shot, and 
gives officers and non-commissioned ditto the right to shoot 
pillagers in the act." There has been 20 or 30 booms of ar- 
tillery at the ferry this evening. Think it was the 2nd Div. 
They'll be smart Rebs. who keep that Div. from laying their 
pontoons. 

Nov. 26th, 12 p. M. 8 miles east of Oconee River, 3 miles S. 
of M. & S. R. R. 

Howard wrote Osterhaus a letter congratulating him on the 
•success in the fight, and had it published to us to-day. We lay 
in camp till 4 p. m., when we started, and after 3 miles of 
miserable pine swamp we crossed the Oconee on pontoons. It 
was dark, but I noticed that the current was rapid and the 
water looked deep. 

I counted 80 steps on the bridge and ten boats under it. I 
am sure that I to-day saw palm leaf fan material growing. It 
is a most singular looking plant. The country this side of 
the river to our camp is quite level and 4/5 cultivated. All the 
woods pine and soil all sand. 

Nov. 27th. Riddlesville. 

Was foraging this morning and supplied the Regt. with 
staples within a mile of camp. Took the road as train guard 
at I A. M. Have had a tedious march over sandy roads and 
through pine woods for 11 miles. It is too dark to see the 
town. Have heard no "music" to-day. We crossed the head 
waters of the Ohoopee River to-day. Saw a magnolia tree by 
the road. The first I have seen in Ga. 



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Nov. 28th. Old Indian Battle Ground, near Drummond. 

Made a dozen miles to-day through the thickest pine woods 
I ever saw. There is no white or yellow pine here; it is all 
pitch. I think the Div. has been lost nearly all day. We have 
followed old Indian trails 4/5 of the time. 

The foragers have found a large number of horses and mules 
in the swamps to-day. Plenty of forage. Sergt. Penney of 
my Co. died in the ambulance to-day. He was taken sick in 
the ranks at 8 p. m., 26th, of lung fever. He has never been 
right healthy, but when well was always an excellent soldier. 
Lt. Dorrence swallowed his false teeth a few nights ago, and 
complains that they don't agree with him. 

I hear that Wheeler jumped the 20th Corps yesterday and 
that they salivated him considerably. We caught a couple of 
his men to-day, on our road, stragglers. We pick up a good 
many stray Rebs. along the road, but they are not half guarded 
and I think get away nearly as fast as captured. 

Nov. 29th. 10 miles S. of Sevastopol. 

All day in an awful pine forest, hardly broken by fence or 
clearing. I never saw such a lonesome place. Not a bird, not 
a sign of animal life, but the shrill notes of the tree frog. 
Not a twig of undergrowth, and no vegetable life but just 
grass and pitch pine. The country is very level and a sand bed. 
The pine trees are so thick on the ground that in some places 
we passed to-day the sight was walled in by pine trunks within 
600 yds. for nearly the whole circle. Just at dusk we passed a 
small farm, where I saw growing for the first time the West 
India sugar cane. One of the boys killed the prettiest snake I 
ever saw. It was red, yellow and black. Our Hospital Stew- 
ard put it in liquor. We made about 1 1 miles to-day. 




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Nov. 30. 8 miles east of Summerville. 

Passed through the above named town this morning. All 
pine woods again to-day. Stopped at the first house I came to 
this morning and asked the resident, an ash-colored negress, 
something about the country. She said she'd had the chills 
and fever so long she didn't know anything, but "over dar 
was a house whare de folks had some sense." Capt. Smith 
and I walked over to the house she pointed to and found a fine 
old German, very anxious to know if we intended to burn his 
house. After he cooled down a little he grew much Union. 
He said he had been ordered to join the army one, two, three, 
twenty times, but had told them that he would rather be shot 
than take up arms against the U. S. The 12th Ind. band 
struck up as they passed his house, and the music touched the 
old fellow's heart. The tears rolled down his face and he 
blubbered out, "That is the first music I have heard for four 

years ; it makes me think of home. D^ n this Georgia pine 

woods." He said that sugar is the staple here in peace times. 
The foragers brought in loads of it this evening. 

Dec. I St. Cushingville Station, E. bank of Ogeechee River. 
10 miles to-day. Had just finished the last line when (the 
officers are talking over the rumors of the day) I heard Capt. 
Smith say, "Our folks captured one Rebel ram." I asked him 
where, and he pointed out an old he sheep, one of the men 
had just brought in. Our Regt. is the only part of our Corps 
this side of the river. We are guarding the prisoners who are 
repairing the bridge. The Rebels had destroyed one section 
of it. The 17th Corps crossed near the R. R. bridge, but are 
ten miles behind us to-night. This river is about 60 yds. wide 
here, and we have sounded it in several places and found it 



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from 12 to 15 ft. deep. It has no abrupt banks here, but runs 
river, lake, swamp, to dry land. I find here again what I 
though was palm leaf fan material, on the Oconee river. It 
turns out to be swamp palmetto. The palmetto tree also grows 
near here. 12 p. m. Have been out with 25 men burning 
R. R. I did not do much of it, for it is the 17th Corps work. 
Two of Howard's scouts came to us while we were at work. 
Said they had just left Millen, and left 150 Rebels there. 
Millen is 4 miles from here and is the junction of the Savan- 
nah & Augusta R. R. One of our men captured 8 mules and 2 
horses to-day. The trees along the river are covered with 
Spanish moss, like we saw so much of at Black River, Miss. 
The men shake their heads when they see it and say, "Here's 
your ager." We are only guarding this bridge till the 17th 
Corps gets here. Our Corps are going down the other side of 
the river. An immense number of "contrabands" now follow 
us, most of them able-bodied men, who intend going into the 
army. We have not heard a rebel gun since the 22nd of last 
month. They don't trouble our march a particle. 

Dec. 2d. W. bank of Ogechee River, 8 miles S. of Millen. 

Recrossed the river this morning and, joining the Brig., 
made some 8 miles to-day. We are ahead of the rest of the 
army or could have made more. Pine country, almost unin- 
habited. Saw to-day my favorite tree — the magnolia. Have 
seen but few of them in Georgia. In a swamp we passed 
through to-day a darkey pointed out to us some lemon trees. 
Saw in the same swamp some yellow pine. Nearly all the 
pine this side of the Oconee has been the "pitch" variety. 



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Dec. 3rd. S. Bank of Scull Creek.. 

We have laid here all day, being our first day's rest since 
leaving Atlanta. Had to wait for the 17th Corps and "left 
wing" to catch up. We laid a pontoon across the river this 
morning, and two of our Brigs, went over to tear up R. R. 
The 17th Corps came up and relieved them about 2 p. m. 

Col. Catterson (our Brig. Commander) told me to-day that 
a dispatch from Bragg to had been intercepted yes- 
terday that stated that he was moving on us from Savannah, 
with 10,000 infantry and Dick Taylor's Cav'y. See if he don't 
''come to grief." Two of our Divs. are moving 12 miles to 
our right — the 2nd and 3rd — the 4th is with us. 

Kilpatrick has gone for the Millen & Augusta R. R. If he 
hurts it much he'll do more than Cav'y usually do. 

Dec. 4th. 

Got on the road before day-light and made 16 miles easily 
by 3^ p. M. Good road, many fine places, and excellent forage, 
from 75 to 500 bush, of sweet potatoes on a farm. Heard 
cannonading for two hours this morning. Think it must have 
been in the vicinity of the 20th Corps. Quite a variety of 
forest trees to-day among the pines, but all of a stunted growth. 
Saw a very curious cactus by the roadside. 

Almost all of the people from this section have sloped. I 
think I have not seen more than 12 white male citizens since 
we left Atlanta, at their homes. Am fully persuaded that 
Grant's "cradle and grave" idea is correct. 

Dec. 5th. 36 miles from Savannah. 

Corse had the road to-day, but Wood side-tracked, took 
"catch roads" and got into camp, making 16 miles as soon as 



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Corse. Rather poor country, farms small, and much pine. 
Negroes swarmed to us to-day. I saw one squad of 30 or 40 
turned back. Sherman's order is not to let any more go with 
us than we can use and feed. A nice yellow girl came to our 
Regt. about an hour after dark. She is the property of Milly 
Drake, who lives 30 miles back. The girl showed our men 
where Milly hid her horses and mules, in return for which, 
after the column passed, gentle Milly took half a rail and like 
to wore the wench out. Broke her arm and bruised her shame- 
fully. That was all the reason that the girl had for running 
away. 

Dec. 6th. Eden Ferry, Ogeechee River. 

We lay in camp till i p. m. when we suddenly pulled out 
and made this point, and had works up by dark. There was 
a good wagon bridge over the river at this point, which the 
Rel)els partially destroyed. But a portion of our 3rd Brig., 
which had the advance, got across on the remains and stirred 
up a little skirmish. Killed 4 Rebels without any loss to us. 

Our 2nd Div. got across 3 miles below. The 3rd, I guess, 
is with them. Hear nothing of the other Corps. In the swamps 
to-day I saw more of the "barren lemon tree." We were talk- 
ing over last night what this army had cost the Confederacy 
since the 4th of Oct. last, when we started from Eastpoint 
after Hood. We all agree that the following estimate is not 
too high in any particular: 100,000 hogs, 20,000 head of 
cattle, 15,000 horses and mules, 500.000 bushels of corn, 100,- 
000 of sweet potatoes. We are driving with us many thou- 
sands of the cattle. The destruction of R. R. property has 
l)een complete whenever within our reach. I can learn noth- 
ing of the prospect of a fight at Savannah, or whether we are 



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going there. All think, though, that we will see tide-water 
this week. People here say they often hear the firing both at 
Savannah and Charleston. 

Dec. 7th. Wright's Bridge, Ogeechee River. 

We have not moved to-day. Sergt. N. Breed, of my Co., 
who was shot through the right lung in the battle of Nov. 
22nd, died to-day. He has been hauled in an ambulance ever 
since and improved all the time till the last two days. We were 
all sure that he would get well. There was no better soldier in 
the army. Every one liked him. Hear a little cannonading 
this p. M. a few miles down the river. Lt. Dorrence's servt. 
captured a beautiful coal black squirrel, with white nose and 
white ear tips. He is larger than any fox squirrel I ever saw. 

Dec. 8th. 5 miles from James' Point, Canonchie River. 

Another "Shermanism." Our 3rd and 4th Divs. crossed the 
Ogeechee River yesterday at Eden. We all supposed that we 
would follow, this morning, but here we are after 18 miles 
hard marching. The 2nd Div. is ahead of us and part of it 
at the river. Heard a few cannon shots there a few minutes 
ago. We are after the R. R. that runs from Savannah to 
Thomasville. Kilpatrick crossed the Savannah river yester- 
day, into S. C. Miserable country to-day. The last 10 days 
have been quite warm. One perspires freely lying in the shade 
during some of the warmest hours. 

Dec. 9th. Same place. 

The Div. lay in camp all day. Our Reg't marched 12 miles 
on a reconnoissance, toward the Cannonchie river, S. W. Found 
nothing, but some good foraging. Cannonading at four or five 



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different points, on our left and front. Citizens say the most 
distant is at Charleston. Savannah and Ft. McAlister. It is 
said that Corse's Div. (4th). of our Corps, had a fight east of 
the Ogeechee to-day and were victorious, taking 50 prisoners 
and one gun. Part of our 2nd Div. crossed at James' Point 
to-day, and burned the Gulf R. R. bridge and 4 miles of tres- 
tle-work west of the Ogeechee. They found very large rice 
plantations, which are flooded with tide-water. I guess Ft. 
McAlister cannot be reached by infantry on account of the 
country around it overflowing. The men say that Kilpatrick 
has gone around Savannah and "cut the coast." Big raid! 

Dec. loth. Before Savannah, 

Crossed the Ogeechee near mouth of the Canonchie, then 
a canal, and then up the tow-path toward the city. All the 
other Divs. of our Corps ahead of us. An awful country to 
get through, all lakes and swamps. We are now 5 miles from 
Savannah. Have just got our works up and got our suppers. 
Hear some skirmishing on our right, should think a mile from 
us. Commenced raining at dark and continued. Made 20 
miles to-day. 

Dec. nth, 8 A. M. Before Savannah. 

Corse's Div. is just on our right. He woke me up this 
morning by firing a volley of 8 12-pounders, in real old At- 
lanta fashion. He was answered by 3 Rebel guns planted on 
the defenses of Savannah, across a field and swamp from us. 
We are in good range of them. 9 p. m. Found this morning 
that the Rebs. have a big swamp and lake between their posi- 
tion and ours. It is impossible to get at them there. Our 
Corps was ordered to swing to the right. The Reb. battery 



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had fair view and close range on any road we could take, so 
we had to wait till night, when our and the 3rd Div. passed 
them without any trouble. We are now on a main road, 
straight and wide enough for three wagons, which we think 
leads to Pulaski. This is a country of awful swamps, with 
level flats, between which are rice fields, and most of them have 
three feet of water on them. Many think we are not going to 
make an effort for Savannah at present, but will open com- 
munication with the coast. It is as much as we can do to 
find dry land enough to camp on. We are not caring a cent 
what "Pap" does. It is quite cold again ; to-night promises to 
be coldest night of the winter. 

Dec. 15th. Before Savannah. 

First mail goes in 15 minutes. Our 2nd Div. charged and 
took Ft. McAlister, at sunset, the 13th — 19 guns and 300 pris- 
oners ; lost 92 men killed and wounded. We will have Savan- 
nah sure. 

Dec. 19th. Before Savannah. 

We have only been here a couple of days, but to-night we 
are to make and occupy a line within 700 yds. of the Rebs. 

Dec. 22nd. Green Square, Savannah. Camp 103rd Ills. 

"Provost Guards." 

We have just by a hair's breadth missed what would have 
been a most unpleasant fight. We lay on the west side of 
the Ogeechee, with the enemy on the opposite shore, strongly 
fortified. We had crawled through the mud and established a 
line of rifle pits within a hundred and 25 yds. of them, 150 
portable bridges had been built in our Div. and I believe every- 



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thing was in readiness for hot work the next day, the 20th. 
The morning of the 21st finds the enemy gone across the 
river into S. C. The next day we moved into town and our 
Regt. and the 40th from our Brig, are put on provost duty. 

Jan. 9th, 1865. Green Sq., Savannah, Ga. 

Thinking we for once in the service had a chance to enjoy 
quiet hfe 2 of our number were sent to Hilton Head for a fuH 
supply of men's apparel for the outer man and of refreshments 
substantial and fancy for the inner. They returned to-day 
just in time to receive marching orders. The men's clothing 
was packed in valises, and all the eatables sold to parties who 
remain here, save one barrel of Irish potatoes. We leave to- 
morrow morning. Maj. Willison's resignation was accepted 
to-day, and this evening the officers unanimously agreed to 
recommend me to fill the vacancy. There was not a hint 
towards any one else. I take it as a high compliment. I am 
the youngest Capt. in the Regt., and this recommendation 
made by men whom I have campaigned with for two and a 
half years, and not one of whom has been accused of failing to 
do his duty in the service, makes me feel a little proud. I will 
value the recommendation more than the commission, if I 
get it. 

Jan. loth, '65. Thunderbolt, Ga. 

We joined the Brig, in the suburbs of the city, and took 
the shell road to this place, only 4 miles by land, but 18 by 
water. There are some fine works here, erected by the Rebels 
to guard the water approach to the city. I send you a little 
chip of a palmetto log in a Rebel work here. 



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Jan. 1 2th. On Board the Steamer Crescent, Atlantic Ocean. 
We are steaming on that rolHng deep we've heard so much 
of, and which I have already seen and felt enough of. There 
is but little air stirring and the water is quite smooth, but so 
near the shore there is always a ground swell, which is to me 
somewhat demoralizing. We are out of sight of land and 
just before dark we saw a school of porpoise which looked 
just like a drove of hogs in the water. Some of the men 
wanted to go foraging when they saw them. This makes me 
quite dizzy, but I would not miss it on any account. I saw 
the full moon rise from the water about 6^. 

Jan. 13th. Beaufort, S. C. 

Retired about 1 1 p. m. and woke up here this morning. A 
very handsome, small town, about the size of Canton, but more 
fine dwellings. All have been confiscated and sold to the 
negroes and white Union men. Find the 17th A. C. here, 
but about ready to move out to drive the Rebels away from the 
ferry, where we will lay our pontoons to the main land. The 
14th and 20th will move by land and join us on the main land 
somewhere. I can hardly imagine what our next move will 
be, but mostly think we will tear up the R. Rs. through the 
Carolinas and take Charleston and Wilmington during the 
Spring campaign. The health of the command is perfect, and 
all are in most soldierly spirits. Thinking nothing impossible 
if Sherman goes with us, and go he will. 

Jan. 26th. Near Beaufort. S. C. 

We have had heavy rains and now very cold weather with- 
out being in the least prepared for it. We move to-morrow 
at 7 A. M. for the main land and forage. 



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All tents are to be left behind "until they can be forwarded 
by water." That seems to point to a short and sharp cam- 
paign, and we all think Charleston is the objective point. 

Jan. 27th. Near Pocataligo, S. C. 

Moved out at 7 a. m. this morning, crossed Broad River on 
pontoons, and are about 4 miles on the main land towards 
Charleston. Can't tell our position, but here the Rebs. hold 
all the crossings on the opposite side of the river 6 miles ahead 
and so far as reconnoitered with fortifications and artillery. 

The 17th Corps lay to our left extending across the C. & S. 
R. R. We made about 13 miles to-day. Saw some fine plan- 
tations on the road, nothing but chimneys in them, though. 
It feels good and homelike once more to be out loose. The 
boys all feel it and they act more like schoolboys, having a 
holiday, than the veterans they are. Wouldn't it be a joke 
if we were to get badly whipped over this river? I believe 
it would do us good. We are too cojiceitcd. The river ahead 
is the Combahee, and we are 43 miles from Charleston on the 
C. & Beaufort road. 

Jan. 28, 6 p. M. 6 miles S. of Combahee R. 

The campaign commences Monday. It is yet cold; about 
an inch of ice forms every night, and sleeping out without 
tents is not a fair sample of paradise. I am in excellent health 
and we are all anxious to be en route. 

Jan. 29. Combahee River, C. and B. Road. 

We have had some rich sport to-day. Our Regt. and the 
40th are out here on a little reconnoissance, and making a dem- 
onstration pretending to be building a bridge on the river, &c. 



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A party of the Rebels saluted our skirmishers when they got 
to the river bank with a volley, but the boys soon drove them 
off, with no loss to us (or the Rebs. either). We lay around 
a couple of hours shooting at marks, &c., when a party of the 
Rebs. attempted to reoccupy their pits. We saw them com- 
ing for a full mile and they had hardly got within the very 
longest range before the 40th sent them back flying. Later 
in the p. m. half a dozen Johnnies arose from the mud and 
weeds and though they were across the river, surrendered to 
us. They are really deserters, though they say not. Had a 
great time getting them over the river. Four board and log 
rafts were made, launched, and put off after them. Two of 
them were wrecked against the bridge benches, and the other 
two succeeded in bringing over three Johnnies; we left the 
other three there. I certainly would not have risked myself 
on one of those rafts for 500 prisoners or 5,000 deserters. 
Gen. Hazen of our Corps has been made a full Maj. Gen. 
The other Div. commanders only by brevet, and they feel a 
little sore over it. To-day one of Gen. Wood's aids saw a 
turkey buzzard, and pointed it out to the Gen., saying, "there 
is a turkey." Old Woods looked at it and answered, "I think 
that is a turkey by brevet." 

Jan 30th. McPhersonville, S. C. 

We returned from Combahee River last night and at 10 
p. M. received orders to move at 6 a. m. Came through Poca- 
taligo and have made 14 miles to-day. Quite a place, but 
there is not even a clearing. Say 50 ordinary dwellings 
dropped down in the pine woods, and you have it. Not a cit- 
izen, white or black, here. 



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Jan. 31st. 

Lay still all day. This place was a country summer resort. 
I was in a house to-day; the walls were rough boards white- 
washed, the floors were very rough, and I think had never 
been carpeted, yet the room was filled with mahogany furni- 
ture of the best quality, had a fine piano, splendid plate mir- 
ror, and a fine library. About 20 sets of buck horns were 
nailed to the walls in lines. Hear that the 17th Corps has 
crossed the Combahee. We hear that strict orders against 
burning and all foraging is to be done even tnore regularly 
than before. 

Feb. I St. Hickory Hill, S. C. 

Fifteen miles to-day and had an excellent supper of South 
Carolina ham, honey and sweet potatoes. Found a good deal 
of road blocked to-day, but the pioneers removed the obstruc- 
tions so rapidly that the train did not have to halt once. The 
Rebels disputed our advance a little, killed a cavalryman and 
wounded another for us, but did not stop the column a mo- 
ment. Sherman rode at the rear of our Regt. all day and 
was quite sociable with some of the men. Don't think any of 
the officers noticed him. Miserable pine land country, but 
some quite large plantations. 

Feb. 2nd. 

The advance started at daylight, but we are the rear guard 
of the corps and will not get ofif before 4 p. m. We have no 
idea of our destination, but are now traveling the Augusta 
road. 

The country is very level, but every mile or so there is a 
little swale or depression of but a few feet, and before a hun- 



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dred wagons pass over it thorough corduroying is necessary. 
The foragers had sharp fighting for what they got to-day. We 
had two captured, Billy Haller and a 40th boy. William 
Haller was captured near Hickory Hill, S. C, January 29th, 
1865. Released 3 miles below Lake City, Florida, April 29th, 
1865. Our boys captured several and killed three. Only 
made 6 miles. 

Feb. 3rd. Baren's Mills, S. C. 

Fifteen miles to-day. The 17th is having some pretty lively 
firing on our right. At a house I stopped at to-day a "cit." 
told me we were 95 miles from Charleston, 65 from Augusta, 
and 33 from Branchville, That is as near as I can tell you 
where we are. We expect to reach Buford's bridge on the 
Salkehatchie to-morrow. The Rebels have fortified there, I 
hear. Our Brig, has the advance and fun to-morrow, if there 
is any. It has rained since 12 last night. 

Feby. 4th. Buford's Bridge. North side Salkehatchie river. 

Most unaccountably, to me, the Rebels evacuated an im- 
pregnable position (if there is such a thing), and our Brig, 
was saved thereby from making some more history, for which 
I am grateful. A straight pike or causeway f of a mile 
long and in which there are 24 bridges, was our only chance of 
crossing. They had strong embrasured works, but left an 
hour before our advance reached their fortifications. We got 
a lot of good horses and more good forage than I ever before 
saw brought in. I am sure that we have either a nice ham or 
shoulder for every two men in the Reg't, and I think more. 
A Co. B boy got a good strong horse which he let me have. 
People here say that the Rebels have all gone to Branchville. 



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Col. Catterson told Sherman (he was in our camp some time 
to-night) that a negro reported that the Rebs had all gone to 
Branchville. "Pap" replied, "They can go to Branchville and 
be d — d." We infer from that, that we don't go there. He 
also said to Catterson, who was superintending the bridge 
building, "Build them strong, Catterson, build them strong; 
the whole army may have to pass over them, and the 'Army 
of the Cumberland' is a very heavy army, sir." Besides the 
little slur on the 14th and 20th, that gave us an idea of the 
whereabouts of the Left Wing. 

I just now heard what made the Rebs. evacuate this. Mow- 
ers' Div. of the 17th formed line and marched across this 
stream and swamp 8 miles below at River Bridge. They 
waded through three miles of water and then took the Rebel 
works with a loss to us of only 12 killed and 72 wounded. I 
think that beats anything I ever heard of in the show line. 
There was a town of 20 or 25 houses here, but we have used 
it up in building bridges. 

Feb. 5th. 12 Miles S. of Johnson's Summit, 

Augusta & Branchville R. R. 

They call the stations on this road "turnouts." Negroes 
are swarming into our camps. I never heard a negro use the 
word "buckra" till last night. One of the 97th Ind. was killed 
this morning, while foraging close to camp. Our men killed 
two and captured 4 Johnnies all dressed in our clothing. Only 
moved 4 miles to-day, and will probably lay here a few days 
as Sherman told Wood we were 4 days ahead of time, he 
having counted it would take that long to efifect a crossing at 
Buford's Bridge. 



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Feb. 6th, 2 p. m. Little Salkehatchie River. 

Yesterday was quite warm, but my overcoat is useful again 
to-day. Gen. Kilpatrick caught up with us last night, also 
Gen. Williams with 5 Brigs, of the 20th A. C. So instead of 
waiting several days Sherman said he'd chance them for the 
R. R. with what troops there are up. We took the road this 
morning. Stopped here for the 3rd Div. to clear the swamp 
of some Johnnies, which I think they have about effected. 

S P. M. 
Miserable swamp, but the 3rd Div. only lost two men in 
crossing. There must have been a Div. of Wheelers here by 
the signs. 

Feb. 7th. Bamber's Station, A. & C. R. R. 

Our Regt. led the Corps to-day. The 17th Corps strikes 
the R. R. at Midway, 3 miles to our right, and the 20th to 
the left 5 miles. We are 14 miles N. W. of Branchville. The 
enemy are on the opposite bank of the Edisto, 2 miles from us. 
There is a great peace excitement among the Citizens here. 
This day's work cuts off all R. R. communication between 
Ga. and the eastern part of the Confederacy. I saw another 
new thing (to me) in the destruction of R. Rs. After the 
iron has been heated by the burning ties, by a simple contriv- 
ance, four men twist each rail twice around. They put a 
clamp on each end of the rail, and put a lever in the clamp 
perpendicularly, and two men at each end of the lever, will 
put the neatest twist imaginable in the heated part of the rail. 
I never saw so much destruction of property before. Orders 
are as strict as ever, but our men understand they are in South 
Carolina, and are making good their old threats. Very few 



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houses escape burning, as almost everybody has run away 
from before us, you may imagine there is not much left in our 
track. Where a family remains at home they save their house, 
but lose their stock, and eatables. Wheeler's Cav'y is about 
all we have yet found in our front and they keep afar off. 
The citizens fear them fully as much as they do us. A lady 
said to-day that she would as lief have us come as Wheeler's 
men ; she could see no difference. Wheeler's men say, "Go 
in, South Carolina," and the Yanks, say the same thing. We 
got 50 bales of cotton here, which I suppose will be burned. 
Struck the R. R. at 9^ a. m. 

Feb. 9th. Bamberg, S. C. 

We were to go to Cannon's bridge on the Edisto 4 miles, 
but heard the bridge was burned, so we did not go. I think 
we will go up the river towards Augusta. Late Confed. 
papers say that Thomas has started South towards Montgom- 
ery, leaving Hood behind him. Many of the officers have 
strong hopes of something resulting from the oeace move- 
ment. Can't say that I have. 

Feb. 9th. Near Grahams. C. & A. R. R. 

Rear guard on our road to-day. Made about a dozen miles, 
very disagreeable march. Snowed a little in the morning and 
terribly cold all day. Got into camp at y-} p. m. This is a 
pine, sand country, with some very good plantations, but all 
look neglected. The people who remain at home seem an 
ignorant, forlorn set who don't care for their "rights" or any- 
thing else. T think the militia they have brought out to oppose 
us must suffer this weather, being unused to the business and 
unprovided with rubbers, etc. Poor devils! 



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Feb. loth. 

Had no "General" this morning- (our signal for getting 
up), so when the "assembly" sounded we climbed from our 
blankets to our saddles and went off on a R. R. burning expe- 
dition. Our Brig, by noon had completely destroyed 2^ miles. 
The 17th and our 3rd Div. crossed the S. Edisto to-day, 4 
miles from here. We will cross to-morrow, I hear. Also 
hear that S. D. Lee's Corps of Hood's Army is at Augusta. 
We whipped them July 28, '64, and can do it again. I think 
the whole army is here now. We have 15-day half rations 
yet. Wonder where it will take us. 

Feb. nth. 7 Miles W. of Orangeburg, S. C. 

Made 18 miles to-day. Crossed S. Edisto River in rear of 
the Corps. The river here is about 40 yds. wide, with a swift 
current, water very clear. First 10 miles to-day was through 
pretty good country, the last 8 miles mostly pine forest with 
more rolling ground than I have seen since we left the Oconee 
River in Ga. Received my commission as Major to-day, also 
two letters from you dated Nov. 3rd and Jan. 4th. I ask par- 
don for thinking that you did not write regularly. The fault 
must be in the mails. All kinds of rumors afloat to-night of 
peace, war, and I don't know what all. We came near being 
burned up last night, the fire crept along through the pine 
leaves and burned my vest, partly, and ruined my jacket, and 
almost spoiled my overcoat, all of which were under my head. 
Also burned the Col.'s pillow. The flames bursting up woke 
us, and I expect our first motions would have amused a very 
solemn man. 



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Feb. 1 2th. Shilling's Bridge, Left Bank N. Edisto R. 

Started at 7 a. m., moved | mile and laid still two hours 
waiting for Hazen and Smith to straighten out ahead of us. 
I thought I'd tell you how we had been bored to-day, fooling 
along the road from 7 a. m. till 3 o'clock in the night, making 
five miles, but it disgusts me to think of it. Crossing the river 
was what delayed us. The Rebs. held Hazen there 4 or 5 
hours and shot a few men for him, but he run the 48th Ills, 
through some swamps on their flank, crossed and got some 
prisoners. They are from Hood's Army and just got here 
yesterday. This N. Edisto is about like the other branch. 
The 17th Corps crossed below our right, and the 20th on our 
left. Can't hear anything of the 14th or Kilpatrick. It is 
freezing now and has been very cold all day, yet to get clear 
water for dinner hundreds of the men waded out to the middle 
of the pond (muddy on the border) over their knees in water. 
They think nothing of it. It was the 2nd Brig. 2nd Div. that 
waded the swamp and river to flank the Rebels from the cross- 
ing. A large number of foragers waded with them just for 
dexHlment. It was from middle to arm-pit deep and I sup- 
pose they waded at least a mile. They got 54 prisoners, and 
the rest threw down gims, knapsacks and everything that im- 
peded their flight. The flanking party did not lose a man. 
The men of this army surprise me every day with their endur- 
ance, spirit and recklessness. 

Feb. 18, 24 miles S. E. of Columbia, S. C. 

Made 18 miles to-day. Rear guard for the Corps in the 
morning, but the 2nd and 3rd Divs. took a right hand road 
and in the p. m. the 4th Div. also went to the right. We fol- 



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lowed a cow path to camp. Passed through two large turpen- 
tine camps. The boys fired most all the trees and nearly 
burned us up. The smoke made the road very disagreeable. 
There is not much destruction of property since Logan's last 
order. Hear of no skirmishing. The Chivalry give us very 
little trouble, never stop but at rivers. Foragers get a good 
many animals. Provisions plenty. Hear nothing of the left 
wing, or Kilpatrick. 

HEADQUARTERS FIFTEENTH ARMY CORPS, 
Bakery's Plantation, S. C, February 14, 1865. 

GENERAL ORDERS^ ) 

No. 10. I 

I . . . . The following is announced as the badge of this 
Corps : A miniature Cartridge-box, black, one-eighth of an 
inch thick, fifteen-sixteenths of an inch wide, and thirteen-six- 
teenths of an inch deep, set transversely on a field of cloth 
or metal, one and five-eights of an inch square ; above the cart- 
ridge-box plate will be stamped or worked in a curve the 
motto: ''Forty Rounds." The field on which the cartridge- 
box is set will be Red for the ist Division, White for the 2d 
Division, Blue for the 3d Division, and Yellozi} for the 4tb 
Division. For the Headquarters of the Corps the field will 
be parti-oolored of Red, White, Blue and Yellow. 

II ... . The badge will invariably be worn upon the hat or 
cap. 

Ill It is expected that this badge will be worn con- 
stantly by every officer and soldier in the Corps. If any Corps 
in the army has a right to take pride in its badge, surely that 
has which looks back through the long and glorious line of 



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Wilson's Creek, Henry, Donelson, Shiloh, Russel House, 
Corinth. luka. Town Creek, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, 
Qiampion Hills, Big Black, Snyder's Bluff, Vicksburg, Jack- 
son, Cherokee Station, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, 
Ringold, Knoxville. Resaca, Kingston, Dallas, New Hope 
Church, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Nickojack, Decatur, 
the 22d and 28th of July, before Atlanta, Jonesboro, Lovejoy, 
Allatoona Pass, Griswoldville. Fort McAlister, and scores of 
minor struggles; the Corps which had its birth under Grant 
and Sherman in the darker days of our struggle; the Corps 
which will keep on struggling until the death of reljellion. 

I V . . . . For the present, very good temporary badges can 
be made by any soldier in the Corps. When communication 
is re-established with the north, commanders can procure very 
handsome ones for their men, at a nominal cost. 

V . . . . Division and Brigade commanders are requested to 
examine plans for Division and Brigade flags, at these Head- 
quarters. 

By command of Major General John A. Logan : 

MAX. WOODHULL, 
Assistant Adjutant General. 

Feb. 14th. 

Good road to-day. Fine rolling country. Sand with pine 
woods and scrub oak. Saw the wagoners use their locks to- 
day for the first time since we crossed the Ooonee, in Ga. 
Logan's escort got after some Johnnie foragers to-day and 
captured 4 wagons and 50 or 60 horses and mules. The rebels 
are shooting from the other side of the river and there was 
a lot in front of us when we stopped here. Lee is said to be 
in front with 40,000 men. It seems to be the opinion that we 



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will have a fight. Can probably tell better to-morrow night. 
Rain all p. m., and still quite cold. Wear overcoats all the 
time. 

Note by Copiest: Until this time the 15th Army Corps 
had never had a Corps Badge, though the other Corps Com- 
manders had long tried to induce Gen. Logan to adopt one. 
The Cartridge Box was adopted from the remark of a man 
of the 8th Mo. in Nov. before the battle of Missionary Ridge, 
as to what the Badge of our Corps was (the enquirer was of 
the nth Corps), asked: "And phwat is that badge thing?" 
Being told the why and wherefore, replied, at the same time 
slapping his cartridge box : "Its that, wid 40 rounds." 

Feb. 15th, 3 miles from Columbia. 

A rather lively day. We started the Johnnies right by our 
camp. Our Brig, in advance, of the Corps and army. The 
40th Ills, was deployed as skirmishers, and drove them 4 miles 
rapidly, loosing only 5 men. Our Regt. then relieved them. 
They opened artillery on us and fought stubbornly. It was 
the Kentucky Brig, of Wheeler's "Critter Co." We drove 
them from a splendid position and heavy line of works with 
the assistance of 3 Co's. of our 3rd Brig., 4th Iowa, and — th 
Ohio. They killed F. M. Cary of my Co. and took my Ord. 
Sergt. T. S. Brown's right arm ofif. Wounded 3 other men in 
the Regt. Henry H. Orendorff, Joe Parkinson and Stewart 
of Co. F. It is said we go for the city to-morrow. 

Feb. 1 6th, /a. m. 

The Johnnies shelled our bivouac all night, but hurt no one, 
but induced us to extinguish our fires, and killed one of the 
48th Ills. We could hear their cars whistling all night. They 



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had large fires near town. We can see the steeples of the 
city plainly this morning. Many think the rebels have left. 
If not I look for a hard battle to-day. There is no firing this 
morning yet. and our skirmish line is advancing. I can see 
it a mile ahead of us. Can see the State House now, and a 
large portion of the city. We can shell it from here. 9 a. m. 
The enemy opened the three gims on us again that he used 
last night, but a skirmish line deployed along the river silenced 
ihem. 10 A. M. The sun has shown himself, dispelled the fog, 
and we find we have an excellent view of the city. From our 
position it looks much like Peoria from the left bank of the 
river. The Congaree here is larger than the Ills. Our bat- 
teries have got in position well down on the river bank, and 
some of them are bursting shell over the city. Our Div. moves 
down to take a closer view in a few minutes. The skirmishers 
are shooting quite lively across the river. You know our 
muskets carry up well at 800 yards. 'Tis a beautiful morning 
and view. 12 m. The 2nd Div. leading we pushed for the rebel 
works at 9. Johnnie had modestly retired across the river. 
Our pontoon train running by a rebel battery made some fun. 
They were furiously shelled and stood quite a heavy fire of 
musketry. Casualties, one mule killed, and the seat torn out 
of a small dark's pants. We now lay on the river side 
opposite the town. A number of our guns are practicing on 
the State House and other prominent buildings, and the Rebs. 
are not answering a shot, though we can see a number of Cav. 
riding through the town. Hazen is laying the pontoons above 
the junction of the Saluda and Broad Rivers where we \\n\\ 
cmss. Yesterday when the 40tli Tils, charged the rebels out 
of one of their numerous barricades a 40 boy and a Johnnie 



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had a real scuffling fight. 40 downed the Reb. and choked 
him till he surrendered. Some 26th boys captured a Reb.. 
Col. after we crossed the Congaree Creek. He was quite 
drunk and rode up to our boys who were straggling ahead of 
the skirmish line, and asked them what they were waiting for, 
and why they did not come along. 

8 p. M. Crossed the Saluda, since dark, and stay here for 
the night on the bank of Broad River. 

Feb. 17th, Columbia, S. C. 

The 3rd Brig, of our Div. marched all night and worked 
all night, before they could get a cable across the river to 
string the pontoons, and the bridge was not completed till 
10 A. M. There was lively skirmishing all the time. Our 
Div. crossed first. The 3rd Brig, captured 30 Rebs. near the 
crossing. The mayor came out and surrendered the town to 
Col. Stone, commanding our 3rd Brig. The Div. marched 
through Main street to the Capitol. We were never sO' well 
received by citizens before, and the negroes seemed crazy with 
joy. We halted in the street a few minutes, and the boys 
loaded themselves with what they wanted. Whisky and wine 
flowed like water, and the whole Div. is now drunk. This 
gobbling of things so, disgusts me much. I think the city 
should be burned, but would like to see it done decently. 

Feb. iSth. 

Two-thirds of the city burned last night. The Col. and 
I got up last night and rode through the streets till 3. At 
4 this morning the 40th Ills, cleared the streets with bayonets, 
and order again reigned. Our Regt. is on Provost duty and 



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I have just been through the streets (8^) and it is as quiet 
as Sunday night in Canton. 

Feb. 19th. 

Another block of the city burned to-day. Our Regt. was 
out and stopped the fire from spreading further. Have seen 
the men work better on other occasions. In destroying some 
captured ammunition to-day the 63rd Ills, by an explosion 
lost 3 killed and 20 wounded. We captured about 20 cannon 
here. I noticed one complete battery of fine Blakely guns. 

Feb. 20th. 16 miles N. E. of Columbia. 

The Provost guards were the last to leave town. 50 fami- 
lies of Columbians accompany us ; have no idea how many 
negroes. Hard day's march. 

Feb. 2 1 St. Pleasant Hill, S. C. 

15 miles to-day. Yesterday we traveled the Camden road. 
To-day we turned N. W. Poor country, quite rolling. Pine, 
scrub oak. and sand. 

Feb. 22nd. Page's Ferry, Wateree River. 

It seems to be certain that we have Charleston. Made about 
10 miles to-day. Our Regt. and the 6th Iowa were sent down 
to an old ferry to make a demonstration. Found no enemy. 
The 2nd and 3rd are already across and we cross in the morn- 
ing and take the advance. We now have 8 day's rations, which 
are to last 30 — wish they'd burn them all, to get rid of the 
wagons. 



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Feb. 23rd. Flat Rock P. O. 

15 miles. Traveled E. or N, E. Very rough, hilly country, 
hills rock topped. No enemy. Passed through a village 
called "Liberty Hill," some elegant houses. Forage plenty. 
No news and don't know anything. 

Feb. 24th, West's Cross Roads, 13 miles N. E. of Camden. 

Made 14 miles a little S. of E. We passed about a 
mile S. of Gates' old battle ground. A dozen foragers of the 
9gth Ind. were captured to-day, but our foragers caught more 
Rebels than that, besides 50 wagons and 200 horses and mules 
belonging to refugees. Stringent orders from Howard, 
Logan and Wood about stealing. It has rained for 24 hours. 
No enemy in front to-day. Got out of the clay hills again 
on sand — pine flats. 

Feb. 25th. 

Have not moved to-day. Rebels captured 15 men of the 
29th Mo. to-day. Our foragers have been straggling for 7 
or 8 miles in every direction ; 3 of our Regt. captured a refugee 
camp of 7 men, 10 guns, 2 revolvers, some pistols and 25 
mules. Ordered to keep men well in hand this p. m., as Rebel 
Cav'y. is demonstrating on our front and flanks. I think it 
must be at a respectful distance. Rumor says Longstreet is 
somewhere around. Think we are waiting for the left of the 
army to get up with us. Our foragers have been to Camden 
13 miles; pretty tall straggling. Others have been out S. E. 
II miles, and saw our 2nd and 4th Divs. moving on a big 
road, side by side going E. Nobody can yet decide what our 
destination is. It is reported to-day that 13 of our 2nd Div. 



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foragers were found by the roadside dead, with a card marked 
"Fate of foragers;" also 4 of the 3rd Div. killed. Gen. J. 
E. Smith, commanding, shot 4 of his prisoners in retalia- 
tion. Col. Catterson says as we were marching to this camp 
to-day he had pointed out to him the tree under which Baron 
de Kalb died at the battle of Camden. Have had 48 hours 
of rain with a prospect of continuance. 

Feb. 26th, Fullersville, S. C, Sunday. 

60 hours of rain terminated at daylight this morning, but 
it has not hurt the sandy roads a particle. We made 1 1 miles 
in 4.} hours, and are now waiting for a bridge to be com- 
pleted over this creek, "Lynch's." We think now we are on 
the road to Wilmington. The map shows a good deal of 
R. R. to be destroyed on the way, but I think we will get 
through by the 15th of March. Exj>ect "you ons" are get- 
ting anxious about "we ons" again. This is, I think, a much 
longer thing than the Savannah campaign. Our 4th Div. took 
103 prisoners here last night, and our 2nd took 200 more 
to-day. They are State Line Troops, and muchly demoral- 
ized. It is a fact about that murdering yesterday. Sherman 
is out in a big retaliation order to-day. Wilmington is re- 
l)orted ours. Thunder and lightning last evening. Hear that 
the rain has raised the creek till it is f of a mile wide, and we 
won't get across to-morrow. I think I'll put down our prin- 
cipal campaigns: 

I St. Dec, 1862, The Tallahatchie River Cam- 
paign 120 miles. 

2nd. April, 1863, The Panola, Miss., 9 day's 

march , 180 miles. 



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3rd. July, 1863, Jackson, Miss., campaign 100 miles. 

4th. Oct. & Nov., '63, Memphis to Chattanooga, 
and in 

5th. Dec. to Maryville, Tenn., and back to Scotts- 

boro, Ala 800 miles. 

6th. Jan., '64, Wills Valley Campaign ,. . . 100 miles. 

7th. Feb. & March, '64, Dalton, Ga., cam- 
paign , ,,.,.. 300 miles. 

8th. May till Sept., Atlanta Campaign. .,.....,.. 400 miles. 

9th. Oct., 1864, Atlanta to Gadsden, Ala., and re- 
turn .1 300 miles. 

loth. Nov. & Dec, Atlanta to Savannah 300 miles. 

Jan., Feb. & March, '65. The Carolina cam- 
paign , . 400 miles. 

Total 3,000 miles. 

A Capt. and 7 men who went foraging yesterday are still 
missing, supposed to be captured or killed. And 20 men of the 
97th Ind., who went out this morning, are reported all killed 
by a 46th O. man, who was wounded and left for dead by the 
Rebels. He says the 97th boys paid for themselves in dead 
Rebels before they were overpowered. Our Corps has now 
500 prisoners, three times as many as we have lost, 

Logan has given us a design for a badge. It is a black 
cartridge box 15/16x13/16 of an inch, on a square if inch, 
to be fastened on the hat. The square is red for the ist Div., 
white for the 2nd, blue for the 3rd and yellow for the 4th. 
The motto is "Forty Rounds." 



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Feb. 27th. Tillersville. 

We have half a mile of bridging to build before we can get 
across this Lynch's Creek ; the rains have swollen it so much. 
Our 6th Iowa foragers we thought captured are all right. 
They got across this creek before the freshet and it cut them 
off. The 97th Ind. men are gone up. All of the 20 killed or 
captured, but 3. 1 1 dead rebels were found on their little bat- 
tle field, so the report comes from Gen. Corse, I understand. 
The Rebels are losing I should think about 3 or 4 men to 
our one, but they are showing more manhood than those who 
opposed our march in Ga. It isn't the "militia" for the 360 
prisoners our Corps has taken within 4 days surrendered 
without firing a shot. They were S. C. chivalry, proper. The 
men who are most active on their side, I think, belong to But- 
ler's or Hampton's command from the Potomac. They are 
Cavalry and don't amount to anything as far as infantry is 
concerned, but only think, they venture a little closer than 
Wheeler does. (You are expected to omit a sarcastic ha ! ha ! ! 
and remark : "They don't know Sherman's army as well as 
Wheeler does.") They say we can't cross here till the water 
falls, and as there is an excellent prospect for more rain, we 
are thinking of building cabins in which to pass the rainy 
season. All our wounded are doing excellently. The sur- 
geons say that the wounded do much better being transported 
in ambulances than in stationary hospitals. They escape the 
foul air. is the main reason. 

Feb. 28th. 

High water still keeps us here. We will probably get off 
to-morrow. It is thought we will cross the Great Feedee at 



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Cheraw; there is so much swamp lower down that might 
trouble us, 

A thousand rumors afloat to-day. The citizens have it that 
Grant has whipped Lee since the Hatcher Run affair. It rained 
some last night and is now — 8 p. m. — sprinkling again. If it 
rains hard to-night we will have to give up crossing here, and 
go higher up. The 17th is across. The left wing is reported 
near Charlotte, N. C, but don't know that it is so. We have 
heard that Davis' Commissioners have returned to Washing- 
ton. 

We are having a time sure. They say now that we will not 
get across to-morrow. I heard some outrageous jokes to-day 
about a Golden Christ which was stolen by some oi our 
thieves in Columbia, and in an inspection on the 26th it was 
found in a Dept. Hd. Ors. wagon. They are too wicked to 
tell. This army has done some awful stealing. Inspectors 
pounce down on the trains every day or two' now, and search 
them. Jiverything imaginable is found in the wagons. The 
stuff is given to citizens or destroyed. Our last winter cam- 
paign ends to-day. Only 5^ months more to serve. 

March ist. Left Bank Lynch's Creek. 

We have finally got across this deuced creek. It has de- 
layed us fully four days, more than any three rivers did before. 
Our Div. train is yet to cross and may not get over in 24 
hours. We are getting hungry for the first time, having for- 
aged the country out for 15 miles around. The 4th Div. 
started to-day on the Cheraw road. Prisoners taken to-day 
report that Wilmington was being evacuated when Schofield, 
with the 23rd Corps, dropped in and took the town and a 



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Brig, of prisoners. I wish he'd organize an expedition and 
bring us some late papers. Everybody is speculating on a 
big time with the enemy crossing the Great Peedee, but I 
don't believe they will trouble us, as much as this confounded 
creek has. 

March 2nd. New Market, S. C. 

A disagreeable, half drizzle, half sprinkle, all last night and 
to-day. Our Brig, in advance and made 10 miles. Poor 
country, but pretty well settled. Many of the men have had 
no breadstuffs for three days. They drew two days of hard- 
bread Feb. 1 8th, and have foraged everything else we have 
had since. Don't know when we draw again. Still have our 
8 days of "tack" in the wagons. We will get plenty of for- 
age again to-morrow. Can hear nothing of the enemy. We 
left Darlington 20 miles on our right to-day and will prob- 
ably strike the Peedee near Society Hill. 

March 3rd. 5 miles S. of Cheraw, S. C. 

Gen. Wood says we have made 24 miles to-day. Our whole 
Corps on one road and hardly a check all day. This is 
Thompson's Creek, and the Rebels under Hardee thoroughly 
fortified it. Logan's orders are to carry the works to-mor- 
row, but as usual the rebels have left. The 17th A. C. took 
Cheraw this p. m. without a fight, getting 27 pieces of field 
artiller\'. 3.000 stands of small arms, besides a great deal of 
forage. 

There was only two or three small farms on the road to- 
day. Poorest country I have seen yet. An intelligent pris- 
oner captured to-day says that Kilpatrick has taken Char- 
lotte, N. C, and that Lee is evacuating Richmond. Saw the 



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sun to-day; had almost forgotten there was such a lumin- 
ary. 

March 4th, Cheraw, S. C. 

We were from 8 a. m. till 4 p. m. on this little 5 miles. The 
17th have their pontoons down and have a Div. across. Hear 
that the enemy is fortified a short distance back from the river. 
Can hear no firing. Our foragers took Society Hill last 
night. 

This is a very pretty place, about the size of Canton. 

The river, Great Peedee, is navigable for boats drawing 5 
feet. The Left wing is at Chesterfield, 12 miles above. There 
is an immense amount of cotton here. Noticed guards on it, 
and some think it is to be sent down the river. A thousand 
mounted men are to start from here to-morrow (from our 
Corps, and it is said the same number from each Corps) for 
— somewhere — rumor says, to release 8,000 of our prisoners, 
at Florence. Our wounded men are all doing splendidly. 

March 5th. 

The 17th and all our Corps, except our Div., have 
crossed the river. We follow in the morning. The enemy 
did not attempt to oppose us. The boys say that an inter- 
rupted dispatch from Hampton to Gen. Butler reads: "Do 
not attempt to delay Sherman's march, by destroying bridges, 
or any other means. For God's saks let him get out of the 
country as quickly as possible." Were I an S. C. Chivalry, 
I'd be in favor of turning out en masse and building up roads 
for him. 

We will get out of S. C. to-morrow. I have not been in 
a house in the State occupied by a citizen. Everything in 



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Cheraw of any value to the enemy, including cotton and busi- 
ness houses, is going up in smoke. Hear to-day that Schofield 
is in Goldsboro or Fayetteville, N. C. 

Gen. Wood says, we have 120 miles yet to make. You may 
give the credit of Wilmington, Charleston and Georgetown 
to whom you please, zue know Sherman deserves it. We hear 
that that miserable Foster is claiming the glory over his cap- 
ture of Charleston. We are yet pretty short of breadstufifs, 
but have plenty of meat. Sherman has been heard to say that 
this army can live on fresh meat alone for 30 days. I'd 
like to see it tried on him. We think to-day that Goldsboro 
is our resting place. You must understand that we don't 
know^ anything at all about anything. Our foragers all went 
across the river this morning and got plenty of flour, meal, 
and meat. They were out 11 miles and saw a few Rebels. 
The RelDels left 7 cannon on the other side of the river, and 
burned a very large amount of commissary and ordnance 
stores. 

March 6th. 5 Miles N. E. of Cheraw, S. C. 

Crossed the Peedee this morning. Just after we passed 
through the town a 12th Ind. boy, seeing some powder scat- 
tered on the ground, threw a coal on it. It communicated 
with a concealed ammunition magazine, and made a fine ex- 
plosion, killed and wounded 20 or 30 men in our Div., stamp- 
eded a lot of horses, and burned some citizens. There has 
been half a dozen of such explosions. Good country here, 
foragers get plenty, and also pick up many Rebel deserters 
and stragglers. Our foragers yesterday found tw^o of Kil- 
patrick's men and five Rebel Lieutenants all drunk, and put 
them under guard. 



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March 7th. Goodwin's Mills, 16 miles N. W. of Cheraw. 

About 1 1 miles to-day and in camp at noon. The 14th and 
20th had to come down and cross at Cheraw. We are waiting 
on them. That expedition to Florence was a failure. Our 
men got the town, but were driven out before they destroyed 
a thing. I am inclined to think the ofificers did not do their 
whole duty. They should have succeeded or lost more blood. 
Our loss amounted to nothing. One of the best foraging days 
of the whole trip. Our foragers to-day captured some negroes 
and horses. The negroes say they were running them over 
here to get away from Gen. "Schofield's Company." We are 
about on the State line now, and will leave S. C. to-morrow. 
I think she has her rights now. I don't hate her any more. 
March 8th. 5 Miles N. of Laurenburg, N. C, Laurel Hill. 

112 miles of steady rain, and the best country since we 
left Central Ga. Looks real Northern like. Small farms and 
nice white, tidy dwellings. Wheat fields look very well. In 
the corn fields rows are 5 feet apart, and one stalk the size 
of a candle, in a hill. But at every house there was from 
200 to 1,000 bushels of corn and an abundance of fodder. 
Sherman said yesterday that our campaign is over, and to- 
day Howard issued an order that all foraging for provisions 
shall cease, there being enough rations in the wagons to last 
us through. I dreamed last night of being at home on leave 
and seeing you all, and starting back to the army again. Only 
90 miles yet to mail. 

March 9th. 4 Miles S. of Montpelier, N. C. 

Rained nearly all last night and poured down all day. 
Our Regt. had the advance of the Div., but we followed 



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J. E. Smith. He is the poorest traveler in the army. We 
had to corduroy all the road after him. Only made 4 miles. 
I never saw such a country. There seems to be a thin crust 
over a vast bed of quicksand. I saw wagons yesterday and 
to-day moving along not cutting more than two inches, all 
at once go down to the hub, and some, to the wagon boxes. 
I was riding to-night on apparently high ground, in the woods 
and three times the ground gave way just like rotten ice, and 
let my horse in belly deep. We have worked hard to-day. 

March loth, 12 p. m. Randallsville, N. C. 

Ten miles to-day, most of which we had to corduroy. Our 
Regt. in rear of the Div. and Corps. Crossed the Lumber 
River about 4 p. m. Fine Country. We had reveille at 3 this 
morning, and the rear of train with our ist Brig, did not 
get in till an hour later. They had a hard time. Hope we'll 
get the advance to-morrow. This Lumber River is a Spoon 
River, with a third of a mile of swamp on each side thereof. 
Hear to-night that Grant has taken Petersburg, and believe 
it to be — bosh. Blair, with the 17th A. C, is close to Fayette- 
ville. but it is said he has orders to lie still and let the Left 
wing enter the town. 

March nth. Davis Bridge. Rockfish Creek. 

Ten miles to-day, full 7 of which had to be corduroyed. 
The worst road I ever saw. The 17th Corps occupied Fayette- 
ville to-day. The foragers took the place. It is as large as 
Columbia, and has a large arsenal. Heard of two or three 
men being captured by the Rebels yesterday and a couple to- 
day. They also made a little dash on our rear to-day, on 



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the 3rd Div. without accomplishing anything. I do wish you 
could see the the crowd of negroes following us. Some say 
2,000 with our Div. I think fully 1,000. 

March 12th. Fayetteville, N. C. 

We are camped a couple of miles from town. Marched 
about 13 miles to-day. Had to put down pontoons at both 
branches of Rockfish Creek. At the town of Rockfish, the 
17th A. C. burned a factory, throwing about 150 women 
out of employment. One of our Gunboats came up to this 
place to-day, with dispatches for Sherman. It went back 
before our Div. got in, and took a lot of mail. 

The 14th A. C. is garrisoning this place, but the 17th got 
in first. The 97th Ind. boys, who were captured back at 
Lynch's Creek, all got away from the enemy and back to 
us to-day, five of them. Sherman said yesterday that the 
campaign ends only with the war. Hear that Hampton 
whipped Kilpatrick splendidly. Don't think that is any credit 
to him. Also hear that Bragg whipped Schofield at Kingston, 
that Thomas has Lynchburg, and 30,000 other rumors. In 
the last 23 days, the commissary has issued only 2^ days' of 
bread. I lost my sword to-day. Left it where we stopped 
for dinner. We have lost so much sleep of late that at every 
halt half the command is asleep in a minute. I lay down 
and told them not to wake me for dinner nor till the Regt. 
moved. The Regt. had started when Frank woke me, and I 
got on my horse too stupid to think of anything. Did not 
miss my sword for 5 miles, when I went back for it, but no 
use. Foragers for the last week have been counting on rich 
spoils in the town, and many of them have not reported to 



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their Regts. within 6 or 8 days, camping every night with 
the extreme advance. The day before the place was taken, 
five men who were 15 miles ahead of the column ventured 
into to\\Ti. They were gobbled and one of them killed. Next 
morning 100 foragers hovered around town till the column 
was within about 6 miles, when the foragers deployed as 
skirmishers, and went for the town. 

There were about 1,000 Rebel Cav'y therein, who fell back 
before our boys skirmishing lively, clear through the town, 
when they suddenly charged our fellows and scooped them. 
Our loss in killed, wounded and captured is 25 or 30. They 
killed several after they captured them, and one they hung 
up by the heels and cut his throat. Our boys retreated about 
a mile from town, and went in again in more solid order. 
They were too scattered the first time. They were successful 
and routed Johnny, who left 6 dead in the streets. 

March 14th. 

It is supposed we will be here 2 or 3 days, to get some 
shoes up the river. 

March 15th. Left Bank, Cape Fear River. Opposite Fayette- 
ville. 

Everything valuable to the Rebels has been destroyed, and 
we are about ready to push on to Goldsboro. Fayetteville is 
about a 3,000 town, nearly all on one street. There was a 
very fine United States Arsenal burned here, some 20 good 
buildings, all of which are "gone up." The rest of the town 
is old as the hills. We lay on the river bank expecting to 
cross, all last night, and finally reached the bivouac f of a 
mile from the river just as the troops on this side were sound- 



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ing the reveiDe. This is the 21st river we have pontooned since 
leaving Scottsboro, May ist, '64. It is more like the Term, 
than any other stream we have crossed. We send from here 
all the negroes and white refugees who have been following 
us, also a large train to Wilmington for supplies. The num- 
ber of negroes is estimated at 15,000. Nearly all the popula- 
tion of this town will go inside our lines. It has rained all 
day, and seems abominably gloomy. Makes me wish for 
letters from home. Last night while we were standing around 
fires by the river, some scoundrel went up to a negro not 75 
yards from us, and with one whack of a bowie knife, cut the 
contraband's head 1/3 off, killing him. 

At Goldsboro, we are promised a short rest. If it were not 
that the wagons are so nearly worn out that they must be 
thoroughly repaired, I don't believe we would get it. Well, 
time passes more swiftly in campaigning than in camp. Most 
of the army has moved out. 

March i6th. 2 Miles from left bank of Black River, N. C. 

About 14 miles to-day. About a dozen swamps, as many 
showers, three hard rains, and an awfully rough march. The 
men waded, I should think altogether, ^ a mile of water from 
ankle to waist deep. They went through every swamp yell- 
ing like Indians. Rained all yesterday and last night. I saw 
peach and thorn blossoms, some wintergreen and arbor vitae 
growing wild. Two days like this would demoralize a citizen 
much. We drew 3 days' hard broad to-day to last 5. In 
the 26 preceding our Div. drew besides sugar and coffee, 
only 2| days' of hard bread. Very poor country to-day. The 
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March 6th. 

The latest account of Sheridan capturing Early. Don't 
believe it. Saw Herald's account of the inaugeration. The 
writer should be shot. Of half a dozen boats that come to 
Fayetteville, only two brought cargoes, and both of them oats. 
Ridiculous, 40,000 pairs of shoes would have been sensible. 
IMany of the men are barefoot. Sherman and Hampton are 
having a spicy correspondence on murdering foragers. Think 
Hampton is a little ahead at this date. Have only seen the 
first letter on each side. There is talk of a fight at Golds- 
boro. I do hope this army will get two weeks in camp before 
it battles. It is a little too loose now for heavy, steady work. 
Gen. Wood says, that Sheridan with 4 Divs. of Cav'y is com- 
ing through to join us. 

March 17th. Beaman's Cross Roads. 

About 12 miles, more than half of which had to be cordu- 
royed. Roads awful. If a wagon pulls ofif the corduroy, it 
drops to the hub. There are two or three inches of black 
sand on the surface covering quicksand unfathomable. No 
one need tell me that bad roads will stop an army. The 20th 
Corps had sharp little affair yesterday. Hear their loss is 
over 400. Every one is expecting a fight before we reach 
Goldslx)ro. The whole Corps is camped together to-night. 
Our Div. has been in rear of the Corps two days and has 
not had a fight, in the advance since we left Columbia. I 
believe I have not heard a hostile shot for 27 days. Howard 
is here to-night. Whole Corps is on this road. 

March i8th. 4 Miles N. from Smithfields. N. C. 

Fifteen miles, good roads, men only waded in swamps. 



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Whole Corps in camp before dark. Well settled country and 
oceans of forage. Our foragers and the 7th Ills, "mounted 
thieves" had a nice little fight to-day. Came near scaring 
Wade Hampton's Chivalry out of their boots; 4 dead Yanks, 
and II Rebs is said to be the result. Our fellows run them 
off to the left of our road into the 14th and 20th, who hurried 
their march a little. We are 27 miles from Goldsboro, and 
18 from Faisons (?), on the R. R., which point we will 
probably make to-morrow and possibly get our mail. If I 
don't get at least six letters from you, I will be much dis- 
appointed. We are much amused over the Rebel papers we 
get. All seem to take ''gobs" of comfort from Lee's declara- 
tion that "Tecumseh" can and must be whipped. Several of 
them assert that our treatment of citizens is good. Don't 
believe a word of it, though I wish it were so. 

March 19th. 12 Miles from Goldsboro, and six from R. R. 

Made 15 miles. Only two bad swamps. Very heavy artil- 
lery and musketry on our left (14th and 20th) all day. Hear 
this evening that our men suffered heavily. Gen. Lee is said 
to be here. Opinion is divided as to our having a battle to- 
morrow. First rate country to-day and a good abundance of 
forage. The farmers here have not many negroes. Rebel 
Cav'y demonstrated on our left to-day, quite lively, and cap- 
tured several foragers. Five foragers from our Regt., who 
had been out 5 days and whom we had about given up, re- 
turned to-night. They have been with the 17th A. C, All 
quiet on our right. 

March 20th. i^ Miles from Neuse River. 

We moved about a mile north, and then west for five miles. 



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Pushed some Rel^el Cav'y before us all the time. Our Brig, 
was in advance and lost about 25 men. We are about two 
miles east of where the battle was fought yesterday, by the 
14th and 20th Corps, and right where the Rebel hospital was. 
The Rebels are now due west of us, our line running north 
and south, and I think there can be no difficulty in com- 
municating with Schofield. Goldsboro is undoubtedly evacu- 
ated. In the fight yesterday, one Div. of the 14th was worsted 
at first and driven some distance, but rallied, repulsed the 
enemy, and the Corps getting into line charged 4 to 6 
times, and slaughtered the Rebels awfully. Their loss was far 
greater than ours. 10 p. m. A Pennsylvania man, who was 
wounded in the fight yesterday, and carried in by the Rebs 
who took off his leg above the ankle, came in to us a few 
minutes ago. He crawled nearly half a mile, part of the way 
through a swamp. It seems that the Rebs had a hospital there 
which they evacuated and left him and half a dozen other 
wounded, two of which the man saw killed by the skirmish 
firing. We are on the skirmish line to-night. I suppose it 
is 400 yards to the Rebel skirmishers, and not a very dan- 
gerous line. 

March 21st. 

We moved out this morning just before daylight and got 
within 50 yaids of the Rel^el skirmish line, but nothing going 
forward on our right or left, we returned to our original posi- 
tion. Had one man in Co. H. slightly wounded. We could 
have held our advanced line just as well as not. I think our 
right must rest on the river. Some 35 or 40,000 Rebels are 
reported here under Johnston. Some prisoners report Lee. 



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I would like to see them whaled, but would like to wait till 
we refit. You see that too much of a good thing gets old, 
and one don't enjoy even campaigning after 50 or 60 days 
of it together. I believe I am surfeited with oven bread — 
"death balls" (our cook calls them biscuit) and pork. I feel 
finely; wet from head to foot, has rained since noon, hard 
most of the time. About i p. m.. the main line moved out on 
our skirmish line, and as quick as they get their works up 
(about ^ hour), our Regt. deployed as skirmishers on our 
Brig front, and our whole Corps skirmish line moved for- 
ward. I think the 17th drove the enemy on our right at the 
same time. We took their skirmish pits along the whole front 
of our Div., but they were very close to their main line, and 
we did have a very interesting time holding them, I assure 
you. I don't think it was more than 75 yards to the main line 
of Rebel works and they in plain slight, only a straggling 
scrub oak undergrowth and a few large pines intervening. 
The Rebels came out of their works twice to retake their pits. 
The first time the left of our Regt. had to fall back, the 
Brig, on our left giving way and exposing our flank, but we 
all rallied in a minute and made the Johnnies fairly fly back. 
The next time our left Brig, again broke, but our men held 
their pits, and the 26th Ills., which was just coming out to 
relieve our Regt. faced its left wing for the pits occupied by 
the enemy, and went for them with a first-class yell. You 
should have seen the Rebs run. It did me a power of good. 
The other Brig, then came back to their position, the 26th 
relieved me, and we are now ready for bed. We have been 
wonderfully fortunate to-day, only 10 wounded and none 
killed. The pride of the Regt.. Frank Lermond, had his arm 



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broken by a ball, but a resection operation will leave him a 
tolerably good arm. I think this has been as exciting and 
lively a p. m. as ever I saw. Terry's 24th Army Corps has 
come up, and lays alx>ut 6 miles back of us to-night. 

March 22nd. Bentonville, N. C. 

The enemy left about 2 a. m. Our Brig, was ordered to 
follow them to Mill Creek, about 3 miles, which we did, 
almost on the double quick, the 26th Ills, in advance, push- 
ing their rear guard. The Brig, went to Mill Creek, but our 
skirmishers went a mile further, to Hannah's Creek. The 
26th had 7 wounded. I saw in one place a dead Rebel and 
one of our men burned horribly. The woods have all been 
burned over here. In another place a dead Rebel and one of 
our men, with his foot cut half off, one of his toes cut off, 
several more cuts on his body, and a bullet hole in his temple. 
Some of the boys saw one of our men with leg cut off in five 
places. Some surgeon had probably been practicing on the 
last two men. 

They were 14th Corps men. Sherman again says the cam- 
paign is over, that he only came out here to show Johnston 
that he is ready to fight all the time. We start back for Golds- 
boro (24 miles), to-morrow. Hurrah for mail and clean 
clothes. Col. and I occupy the outside of a house to-night, 
in the inside of which is a Chinese-eyed girl with a Creole 
mouth. She is an intelligent as a door post You don't know 
how anxious I am to hear from you. I have had a reply to 
but one letter that I have written since last Nov. (15th). Our 
little supper is now ready. Don't see how we will get along 
without Frank. 



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March 25th, 1865. Goldsboro, N. C. 

We were two days coming- back from Bentonville. Have 
a nice camp ground and will enjoy ourselves, I think. Town 
don't amount to anything. 

April loth. On picket, Raleigh road. 3 miles from Nahanta 
Station, on Weldon & Goldsboro R. R. 

Our Div. moved north to-day, along the Weldon R. R. to 
Nahanta, where we crossed and took a main Raleigh road. 
Our I St Brig, had the advance and had light skirmishing all 
day. Wheeler's Cav'y is opposing us. Our Regt. is on picket 
to-night, and the enemy shot a little at us before dark, but 
all is quiet just now. Passed through a very fine country 
to-day. It has rained all day. Some cannonading on our left. 
I think the whole army moved to-day. The 20th Corps passed 
us near town this morning in exactly opposite direction to 
ours. The whole army, mules, wagons, Bummers, and Gen- 
erals have come out new from Goldsboro. The whole ma- 
chine looks as nicely as an army can look. Our ist Brig, 
took a swamp crossing from the enemy to-day, that our Brig, 
could hold against a Corps. A bullet passed miserably near 
to me as I was arranging our picket line this evening. 

April nth, 12 M. Beulah, N. C. 

Our Div. is alone on this road I find, and the extreme right 
of the army. Our Brig, ahead to-day. Dibbrell's Div. of 
Wheeler's men, is ahead of us. We pushed them so closely 
that we saved all the bridges to this place. They destroyed 
the bridge here some way without burning it. Country to- 
day nearly all under cultivation, but no large farms. I reckon 



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that the larger farm a man has of this kind, of land or sand, 
the poorer he is. Our eyes were rested by seeing a little clay 
hill and a stony field, signs that we are again getting out of 
the coast flats. There was a house on our picket line last night 
with six women in it, who were sights. They were the regular 
"clay-eaters." This Rebel Cav'y ahead don't amount a cent. 
They have not yet hurt a man on our road, and we don't 
know that more than two of them, have been hit. They keep 
shooting all the time, but are afraid to wait till we get within 
range of them. They have not hindered our march a minute. 
Got me a new servant, a free boy to-day. Both his grandmas 
were white women. He says the Rebel Cav'y have been 
impressing all the able-bodied negroes for the army till within 
a few days. He understands they quit it because they found 
out in Richmond that they couldn't make "Cuffie" come up 
to the work. 

8 Miles N. of Smithfield, 4^ p, m. 
Crossed the river as quick as the bridge could be built and 
moved out 3 miles. The rest of our Corps crossed 2^ miles 
below. Country is quite rolling here. I hear that Johnston 
has left Smithfield, going towards Raleigh. Miserable set of 
citizens through here. 

April 1 2th, 10 A. M, 

We hear this a. m. that Lee has surrendered to Grant the 
army of Northern Virginia, It created a great deal of enthu- 
siasm among us. It is hard to make our men believe any- 
thing, but Logan told us half an hour ago as he passed it is 
true as gospel. We have passed a large infantry camp that 
the Rebels left yesterday. Johnston is moving towards 



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Raleigh. Our Div. has the advance to-day. We consolidated 
the Regt. for the campaign into 5 Cos. 

Apr. i2th, 4 p. M. Left Bank Neuse R., 20 miles E. of 
Raleigh. 

Twelve miles to-day. Our Cav'y pushed ahead and drove 
the Rebels past here at 8 a. m. Saw a barn and cotton press 
in flames to-day. There has been no burning this trip worth 
mentioning. This to-day was all I have seen and it was to 
destroy the cotton. Poor country to-day, but one very nice 
country place, the house 4th rate, but the grounds and shrub- 
bery finer than any in our part of Ills. 

This is an army of skeptics, they won't believe in Lee's sur- 
render. I do, and I tell you it makes this one of my brightest 
days. His surrender makes sure beyond any chance that what 
we have been fighting for for four years is sure. Look for 
me July 4th, 1865. [This promise was kept. Ed.] 

Apr. 13th, 4 p. M. 4 Miles from Raleigh. 

The 4th anniversary of the fall of Ft. Sumpter. How are 
you, Chivalry? Made a nice little march of 16 miles and 
could go on to town as well as not before dark if it was 
necessary. Our left wing occupied Raleigh this morning, with 
Kilpatrick and the 14th A. C. No fighting worth mentioning. 
We crossed the Neuse 6 miles from Raleigh on the paper mill 
bridge. This is the prettiest campaign we ever made. No 
night marching, 60 miles in 4 days, and just what rations we 
started with from Goldsboro in haversacks. Beautiful coun- 
try to-day, high and rolling. The bummers found whisky to- 
day and I saw a number dead drunk by the roadside. They 
found an ice house and to-night we have ice water. Picked 



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up a number of Rebel deserters to-day. The woods are full 
of them. 

April 14th, I p. M. Raleigh, N. C. 

We passed through town and were reviewed by Sherman, 
who stood at the south gate of the State Capitol grounds. 
Just as Col. Wright saluted, his horse turned his heels towards 
Sherman and did some of the finest kicking that ever was seen. 
It was most amusing. Raleigh is a fine old town. Many 
beautiful residences, and the gardens filled with the choicest 
shrubbery. 

The 14th A. C. guards the place. Wheeler's men sacked it. 
Div. Hd. Qrs. received orders to save their rations. What 
we have is to last 30 days and maybe 40 days. That means 
a long march, though it is hinted that we do not follow John- 
ston. Some think we are going into E. Tenn. The citizens 
of Raleigh generally come to their gates to look at us, but 
make no demonstrations that I have heard of. The 14th A. 
C. is protecting them in all their rights. Not a thing dis- 
turbed. 

High rolling country and large farms. The town is for- 
tified all around, but w^orks were old. I never saw so few 
negroes in a Southern city. Our Hd. Qrs. foragers brought 
in five Rebel deserters to-night, and five dozen eggs, which I 
think were the most valuable. 

April 15th. Raleigh. 

To-day makes four years soldiering for me. It is a terrible 
waste of time for me who have to make a start in life yet, 
and I expect unfits me for civil life. I have almost a dread of 
being a citizen, of trying to be sharp, and trying to make 



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money. I don't think I dread the work. I don't remember 
of shirking any work I ever attempted, but I am sure that 
civil Hfe will go sorely against the grain for a time. Citizens 
are not like soldiers, and I like soldier ways much the best. 
We were to have moved out this morning, but did not. Logan 
went out with our 4th Div., report says to confer with John- 
ston. Big rumors going that our campaign is over, and that 
Johnston's men are going home. We have been having heavy 
showers during the day, but the boys feel so good over the 
prospect ahead that they raise the most tremendous cheers 
right in the midst of the hardest rains. We think Johnston 
is in as tight a place as Lee was, and if he don't surrender we 
will go for him, in a way that will astonish him. We con- 
sider our cause gained and are searching each other's records 
to see who was ever doubtful of success. I don't remember 
at any time of being despondent over the war or being doubt- 
ful of the issue. Was I ? I did think the war might last for 
years yet, but take that back. I have not been in town since 
we came through, and think no one from the Brig. has. Curi- 
osity over captured cities is "old." 

April 1 6th. Raleigh. 

Flags of truce are still flying between Sherman and Johnston. 
The latter is, I believe, some 30 miles west of Hillsboro. 
Some of Sherman's staff went out last night to offer the same 
terms that were offered to Lee, and are expected every hour 
with Johnston's answer. Everybody thinks Johnston will 
accept and many are offering to bet their all that we will be 
mustered out by July 4th, 1865. 

I am trying to take the matter coolly and determined not to 
be very much disappointed if the result is different from what 



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we all hope. We will be either ready to march to-morrow 
morning or to hang our swords on the wall. Hundreds of 
Johnston's men are coming into our lines. If he don't surren- 
der his men will all desert. A lovely day. Disposes one to 
peace wonderfully. It is most difficult to realize that our war 
is over. I do from my heart thank God that I have lived to 
see the rebellion put down. Any one who has been with us 
the last year and is alive should be thankful. The whole four 
years seems to me more like a dream than reality. How 
anxious I am to shake hands with you all once more. "How 
are you, peace?" 

April 17th. Raleigh. 

We have a brief dispatch this morning informing us of the 
assassination of President Lincoln, Secretary Seward and son. 
I have not the heart to write a word about it. The army is 
crazy for vengeance. If we make another campaign it will 
be an awful one. Sherman meets Johnston to-day. The de- 
lay in the negotiations was caused by some dispatches being 
missed. We hope Johnston will not surrender. God pity 
this country if he retreats or fights us. 

April 1 8th. Raleigh. 

Sherman has gone out again to see Johnston. Johnston 
asked for another day in order to see Davis and get his per- 
mission to surrender the whole force in arms, this side of the 
Miss. I was through the town to-day. Some very fine resi- 
dences and asylums, but the town is no larger than Canton, 
and not as pretty except in shrubbery and shade trees. 

I visited the Deaf and Dumb and Blind Asylums and the 
Superintendent put a class in each through some exercises. It 




Adjt. Frank B. Lermond 



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was very interesting. A Herald of the loth gives us the par- 
ticulars of Lee's surrender. Grant is the hero of the war. 
The papers all talk about Grant, Sherman and Sheridan, noth- 
ing said about Thomas. This whole army thinks that Thomas 
is slighted by the North. We have as much confidence in him 
as in Grant or Sherman, and then he never writes any letters 
or accepts valuable presents, or figures in any way for citizen 
approbation, or that of his army. The only objection that I 
ever heard against him is the size of his Hd. Qrs. or "Thomas- 
ville" as it is called by the army. That comes from his 
West-Pointism. 

April 19th. Raleigh. 

Joe Johnston surrendered the whole thing yesterday to Sher- 
man. Our 4th Div. and a Div. of the 17th Corps receive the 
arms, &c. We go into a regular camp to-morrow to await 
developments. If any more Confederacy crops out, we, I sup- 
pose, will go for it, otherwise in a couple of months we'll 
muster out. That's all. Good bye, war. 

April 29th. Our Last March. Near Rolesville, N. C, 

Left Raleigh at 7 this morning on my way home, via Rich- 
mond and Washington. Made about 11 miles. Rather too 
warm for such fast marching as we always do. If we would 
just make 15 miles a day, say 10 of it between sunrise and 
10 A. M., and the remainder after 2 p. m., it would not hurt a 
man or an animal, but we move when we do move at 3 or 3^ 
miles an hour, and not all, even of Sherman's men can stand it 
in as warm weather as this. I saw a number laid out this 
morning by the roadside looking as if they had been boiled. 
The 50 lbs. of equipments is what uses them up. Well set- 



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tied country, and it looks beautiful. The leaves are all out 
nearly full size; fine oak. elm and pine strips of woodland be- 
tween farms is such an addition of comfort to citizens and 
cattle and of beauty to scenery. The undergrowth is mostly 
dogwood and holly. We are on our good beha\-ior this trip. 
No foraging, no bumming rails, or houses, and nothing 
naughty whatever. We have the best set of men in the world. 
When it is in order to raise — they have no equals in destruct- 
iveness and ability to hate and worry, or superiors as to fight- 
ing Rebels, but now they have none, and they are perfect 
lambs. Not a hand laid on a rail this evening with intent to 
burn, not a motion toward a chicken, or smoke-house, not a 
thing in their actions that even a Havelock would object to. 
They don't pretend to love our "erring brethren" yet, but no 
conquered foe could ask kinder treatment than all our men 
seem disposed to give these Rebels. We camped about 3 p. 
M. in a pretty piece of woods. Artillery has been booming all 
day at Raleigh. 

Sunday, April 30th. 

Howardism (and it is a very good kind of ism), allows us 
to lay still to-day. It is a real Canton ist of June Sabbath. 
It rained all night, but the effect is to improve these sandy 
roads. It will take a good deal more than a week to realize 
fully that the war is over. No more preparation for a com- 
ing campaign, dreaded at first, but soon looked for with fever- 
ish eagerness (human nature). No more finding the enemy, 
driving in his skirmishers, developing his line, getting into 
position, and retiring every night, maybe for a month, after 
days spent in continuous skirmishing, expecting to be ordered 



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to charge at daybreak. It is all over, thank God, but it seems 
impossible. 

A Philadelphia paper of the 25th (first we have seen since 
the 2 1 St) astonished us all. It gives us our first intimation of 
the hue and cry against Sherman, for the terms he offered 
Johnston, Breckenridge & Co. We did not before know any- 
thing he had done, only he told us in orders, that he had "sub- 
ject tO' the approval of the powers at Washington, made peace 
from the Rio Grande to the Potomac, by an agreement with 
Johnston and other high ofhciah." We have only known that 
much, talked over the matter and were afraid that "Tecumseh" 
had made an attempt to do too much, and had compromised 
himself by having anything at all to do with other than mili- 
tary Rebels. I am very sorry for him, but we have thought 
for a year and it has been common talk in the army, that he 
was ambitious for political honors, &c. 

I have often heard it said that he was figuring for popularity 
in the South. He has written some very pretty letters to our 
erring Southerners. Instance, the one to the Mayor and cit- 
izens of Atlanta and one to Mrs. Bowen of Baltimore, and 
several more while at Savannah. 

He also promised Gov. Vance some kind of protection if he 
would return to Raleigh. 'Tap" must be careful. We all 
think the world of him. I'd rather fight under him than 
Grant, and in fact if Sherman was Mahomet we'd be as de- 
voted Musselmen as ever followed the former prophet, and if 
he has blundered here, as they say he has, we will feel it more 
at heart, than we ever did the fall of one of our leaders before. 
I won't believe he has made a mistake until I know all about 
it. It can't he. 



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May I St, 4| p. m. Near Davis' Cross Roads, 3 Miles N. 
of Tar River. 

\\'e are 35 miles from Raleigh to-niglit. which makes 24 
miles to-day, over Tar river, which is here about 50 yards 
wide, and runs through a fine rolling, high country. The 
march was splendidly conducted, no straggling, and the j>eace 
orders were faithfully lived up to. It seems like the early 
days of my soldiering, to see the citizens all at home, their 
horses and mules in the stables, and gardens full of vegetables 
passed untouched. W^hen a man can pass an onion bed with- 
out going for them, and they did a number of them to-day, 
no one need talk to me of total depravity. The soldier goes 
more on onions than any other luxury. The citizens have all 
"war's over" news, and seem to feel good over it. At three 
different places there were groups of very healthy looking" 
young ladies, well dressed, by the roadside, waving their hand- 
kerchiefs at us, and one told the boys she wished them to come 
back after they were mustered out, for "you have killed all our 
young men off." The virtuous indignation welled up in my 
bosom like a new strike of oil. I'll venture that these same 
women coaxed their beaux off to the war, and now that 
"Yank." is ahead, they shake their handkerchiefs at us and 
cry, "bully Yanks." The Devil take them and he'll be sure 
to do it. You have heard of woodticks ? The man who don't 
catch his pint a day is in awful luck. They have a tick pick- 
ing twice a day in this country, regularly as eating. Saw a 
wild tulip tree in bloom to-day. 

May 2nd. 2 Miles N. of Shady Grove, N. C. 

Twenty-six miles to-day, and everything in camp at sun- 



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set. That is No. i work with 300 sets of wheels to the Divi- 
sion. Wt have reveille at 3 a. m. and start at 4 now. 

We seem to have got pretty well out of the pine country. 
Hardly saw one the last three miles this p. m. Have also 
about left cotton behind us. Tobacco and wheat are the 
staples here. I saw as many as five large tobacco houses on 
one farm, built 25 logs high. Noticed some very fine wheat 
growing, now 12 inches high. Very large peach and apple 
orchards on almost every farm. The trees look thrifty, but 
show neglect. All kinds of fruit promises to be abundant this 
year. 

The last five miles to-day was through beautiful country', 
fine houses, too. The people were all out to see us, but I am 
glad that I have no demonstration a-la-white handkerchief to 
chronicle. The men are full of the de'il to-day. Scaring 
negroes almost out of their wits. Our Div. is the right of the 
army. We have been side tracking so far, but to-morrow we 
get the main road and Corse takes the cow-paths. I think 
that not more than one-fifth of the cleared land so far in this 
State is under cultivation this year, and that fully one-fourth 
of all has been turned over to nature for refertilization from 
4 to 40 years. On some of this turned out land the new 
growth is more than a foot in diameter. I saw a sassafras 
tree to-day that was 15 inches in diameter. 

May 3rd. Right Bank Roanoke River, Robbings 

Ferry, N. C. 
About 20 miles to-day and the latter fourth quite dusty. 
We did not get the main road and have depended mainly on 
hog paths. The Roanoke is the largest stream we have crossed 
since leaving the Tenn. river, and is quite swift. The water 



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is also colder than any we have found this march. We have 
not pontoons enough to reach across and will have to press 
ferry boats and skiffs, &c.. to use as pontoons. Presume it 
will take all night to get up a bridge. We pontooned the 
Neuse when we crossed it the last time in i^ hours. As we 
crossed the Raleigh & Gorton R. R. to-day saw a train of cars 
come kiting along. Expect communication is open to Raleigh 
by this time. We are marching too hard. It is using up lots 
of men. Good country to-day. Many fine houses and every 
indication of wealth. 

May 4th. 13 Miles S. of Laurenceville, Va. 

Our Regt. in advance of the Div. crossed the Roanoke at 
3^ p. M. and went into camp here at sunset, making 13 miles. 
We crossed the N. C. & Va. line about 3 miles this side of the 
river. Good country, and people all out gazing. 

May 5th. Near Nottaway River. 

Crossed the Meherrin River (a Copperas creek affair) this 
morning and pass through Laurenceburg, a 100-year old 
town, just as large as the top of a very small hill, would hold. 
Such oceans of negroes, never saw half as many before in the 
same distance in Va. Sheridan was through this county ten 
days ago, but hearing that Johnston had surrendered he 
turned back. Kautz and Wilson were also raidiner last sum- 
mer, but there are no signs that war is known to the people by 
experience. We see Lee's and Johnston's men all along the 
road, taking a look at Sherman's army. All the soldiers and 
citizens we see seem to submit to the Gov't and the w^ar feeling 
is dead among them, but there is no love for us or ours, and 
they regard us only as subjugators. That is as warm a sen- 



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timent as I ask from them. I believe every family has lost a 
member by the war. I saw a member of Pickett's Rebel Div. 
this evening. He said that when his Div. surrendered to 
Grant, they stacked but 45 muskets. It was nearly 10,000 
strong on the 24th of March, 1865. 

This boy put in one of the 45 muskets. They all give Sher- 
idan's Cav. the credit for doing the best fighting they ever 
knew Yanks. tO' do. 

They all speak highly of our 6th (Wright's) Corps. The 
good conduct of our men continues even to the astonishment 
of the men themselves. I have heard of but one indiscretion, 
and that was only the carrying ofif of the table cutlery after 
dining with a citizen. We are traveling too fast, but our Corps 
Commanders are racing to see who will make Petersburg first. 
Heard of Booth being killed to-day. Also got a Herald of 
the 24th with Sherman and Johnston's peace propositions. We 
are very much shocked at Sherman's course. I have not 
heard an officer or soldier who has read them, sustain our Gen- 
eral. It is hard on us and we regret his action, as much as 
any calamity of the war, excepting the Washington horror. 
There isn't an element of man worship in this army, but we 
all had such confidence in Sherman, and thought it almost im- 
possible for him to make a mistake. The army is very sore 
over the affair. We can't bear to have anybody say a word 
against Sherman, but he did act very strangely in this thing. 

May 6th. Left Bank of Stony Creek, Va., 20 miles from 
Petersburg. 
About 20 good miles to-day. No signs of war yet. Have 
not had a very good road to-day. Crossed the Nottaway 
River this morning. Small affair. During: Kartz and Wil- 



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son's disastrous raid last summer they threw their last piece of 
artillery into the Nottaway from the bridge on which we 
crossed. One of the officers says he noticed bullet marks on 
trees that indicated a pretty sharp skirmish having taken place 
where we stopped for dinner. We are fairly on classic 
ground. I hear that the 17th A, C. lost a number of men yes- 
terday by a bridge falling. 

May 7th. Petersburg, Va. 

Twenty miles to-day and the longest kind of miles. Had 
some bad road in the morning. We struck the Weldon R. R. 
two or three miles below Ream's Station, where the 6th Corps 
was whipped last June, and came right up to the city. Saw 
hardly any signs of fighting the whole way. Our and the 
Rebel works where we came through are fully 2^ miles apart, 
and the skirmish line further from each other than we ever 
had ours when we pretended to be near the enemy. I think 
the whole army is up. Part of it got here last night. We lie 
here to-morrow. The 17th A. C. goes on to Richmond. 

May 8th. Petersburg. Va. 

I'll take back all I ever said against the Potomac army. I 
have been down to Ft. Steadman to-day and troops who will 
work up to an enemy as they did there, will do anything if 
handled right. There was some sad sights along that part 
of the line. Right in front of Steadman, 40 or 50 of our 
men are lying with only a few shovelfuls of dirt thrown over 
them, their heads and feet exposed. I passed through the 
Rebel burying ground, quite a large and thickly settled village. 
Poor fellows. I wish the leaders who led or rather pushed 
them into these little clay hills were all beside them. This is 



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a nice town, not very pretty though. Good deal of business 
done. Hundreds of Rebel officers — Lt. Gen. Gordon among 
them — walk the streets in full uniform. 

May 9th. Drury's Bluff, Va. 

We were reviewed by Howard, Logan and Hartsuff this 
morning as we passed through Petersburg. We lie to-night 
along the outer line of Drury's Bluff Defences, which Butler 
took a year ago this month. Signs of a good deal of fight- 
ing, good many roads, &c. The James River is about one 
mile to our right. I have been to some very fine forts. Ft. 
Wagner and Ft. Stevens or Stephens are the best, on the sec- 
ond and main line of Rebel works, which Butler was working 
against when the Rebels came out and whipped him. From 
one fort I saw the spires of Richmond, James River and Ship- 
ping, Ft. Darling and Ft. Harrison. Coming back toward 
camp we found one of our soldiers unburied in the bushes. 
His skull was brought in by our hospital steward. 

May loth. Manchester, Va. 

The rain yesterday made the road, which is a splendid one 
fifty yards wide, just right for traveling. We passed through 
three lines of Drury's Bluff and Ft. Darhng defenses, and are 
now at the second and inside line of works for the defense of 
Richmond. Hostile Yanks, never saw either of these two 
lines at this point, or any other I guess tJiis side of the James 
River. It is about 22 miles from Richmond to Petersburg. 
"Old Brains" (Halleck) issued his proclamation that no sol- 
dier or officer of this army should enter Richmond only when 
we pass through. Howard and Logan say they will pass 
around if they can. I hope they will. 



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We have a fine view of Richmond from here. It is situated 
much like Peoria and Columbia, S. C. The burned district 
shove's very plainly from here and makes the resemblance to 
Columbia very striking. Several thousand men and officers 
of the Corps made a raid on Logan last night and got a little 
talk from him. He was very careful not to say too much, all 
small talk. This got up a real elephant hunting mania, and 
I guess every Reg't. commanded in the Corps was called out. 
Col. Wright had to make a little talk. The 14th and 20th 
move out to-morrow. 

May nth. 

The 14th and 20th crossed the river and went as far as 
Hanover to-day. 

May 1 2th. 

The 1 7th Corps has the road to-day. Heavy thunder storm 
last night with a great deal of rain. Four men of our Div. 
were killed by lightning about 200 yards from our tent. One 
of them, William Hall, belonged to Co. D of our Regt. Two 
men were killed in a tent, in which were 15, and of the four 
lying side by side, two were killed. 

Can't hear yet for certain when we will be mustered out. 
We move towards Alexandria to-morrow. 

May 13th. North Bank of Chickahominy River. 

We crossed the James River this a. m. Our Div., the rear 
of the Corps, paraded a little around Richmond, saw Libby 
Prison, Castle Thunder, the bronze statue of Washington, 
Lee's and Davis' residence, and a number of women. Some 
handkerchiefs flying. Two women told us the>' were Yankees 



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and looked so sweet that I (in theory) lifted my hat to them. 
It always puts me out of humor to see Southern women cheer 
Yanks, in public. We passed through the Rebel works where 
Kilpatrick made his bold dash in March, '64. We are 6 or 7 
miles above Mechanicsville, and McClellan's old battle ground. 

May 14th. Near Hanover C. H., Va. 

Only made 9 miles to-day on account of the Pamunky River 
here being bad. We camp to-night in the Hanover "slashes," 
one mile east of the birthplace of Henry Clay, and about two 
miles from the residence of Patrick Henry. The C. H. is 
where the latter delivered his famous speech against the clergy. 
Henry's house is built of brick, imported, and was built in 
1776. We passed the place where McClellan's famous seven 
days' fight commenced. The whole country is waste. I hear 
a country legend here that Clay was the illegitimate son of 
Patrick Henry. The C. H. was built in 17-^5. 

May 15th. S. of Bowling Green, Va. 

Crossed the Pamunky river this morning and the Mattapony 
this p. M. Beautiful country, but most desolate looking. 
Stopped at a house for the "cute and original" purpose of ask- 
ing for a drink of water. While a servant went to the spring 
had a very interesting chat with the ladies, the first of the sex 
I have spoken to in Va. One of them was quite pleasant. 
She inquired if we Yankees were really all going to Mexico. 
Told her "such was the case," when she remarked. "Well, all 
our men are killed off, and if all you Northerners go to Mex- 
ico, we women will have our rights sure." 

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May 1 6th. 5 miles S. of Fredricksburg. 

Our Div. and Brig, in advance of Corps to-day. Made 24 
miles by 2 p. m. Fences all gone on the road, but houses all 
standing. From a bluff three miles back had a beautiful view 
of about 15 miles of the Rappahannock valley and in all that did 
not see a fence, or a cultivated field, or a specimen of either 
the kine, sheep, or swine families. This certainly does not 
largely rank the Sahara. Passed through a melancholy look- 
ing line of rifle pits and mentally thanked Heaven for my poor 
prospect of ever using the like again. Passed through Bowl- 
ing Green this a. m., only 11 miles from where Booth was 
killed. 

May 17th. Aquia Creek, Va. 

We passed over the whole line of Burnside's battle ground 
this morning. (It was no fight, only a Yankee slaughter.) 
Through Fredricksburg. the most shelled town I ever saw ; 
crossed the Rappahannock on a miserable shaky pontoon and 
have been traveling ever since in the camps of the Potomac 
Army. Desolation reigns equal to the Sodom and Gomorrah 
country. 

Country much more broken than I suppwDsed ; very hot 
part of the day. One man of the 48th Ills, fell dead while 
marching, and 8 or 10 in our Regt. badly affected by heat. 

May 1 8th. Occoquan Creek. 

Another day's march. Heavy rain and thunder storm 
commenced ten minutes before our wagons got in, and then 
the wind blew so hard that we could not get our tent up for 
nn hour, and everybody got thoroughly soaked. 



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May 19th. near Alexandria, Va. 

Rained all night. Reveille at 2 p. m., and started oflf before 
daylight. Men waded two or three creeks to their middles. 
March miserably conducted. Passed the Church that Wash- 
ington attended, built in 1783. It has nearly all, except roof 
and walls, been carried away by relic maniacs. Our Div. 
marched through Mt. Vernon by the vault and residence. 
Thus closes this Diary of one of the most memorable year's 
campaigns in the history of modern times. 

We remained in camp between Alexandria and Arlington 
until the 23rd, when we crossed the Potomac River, of which 
we had heard so much, and the next day (the 24th), parti- 
cipated in the Grand Review oi the Grandest Army that ever 
v^'as created. 

Speaking of the Grand Review in Washington, at the close 
of the War when the Army of the Tenn. was reviewed (the 
second day of the review), May 24th, the 103rd being a part 
of that Army, being in the second Brig., ist Div., of the 15th 
Corps, the Chicago Tribune of the next day says : 

"The 15th Corps had the advance of the Army of the 
Tennessee. A few minutes after nine o'clock the head of the 
column appeared, led by Gen. W. B. Plazen, commanding the 
Corps. The order of the Divisions were: First, Maj. Gen- 
eral C. R. W^oods; second. J. M. Oliver; third, Major-Gen- 
eral J. E. Smith ; fourth, Gen'l. Corse, of Altoona fame. 

Notwithstanding the exhausting march of these armies from 
North Carolina, the requisite time to recuperate and the lack 
of clothing and equipments, the appearance of the men com- 
pared very favorably with the Army of the Potomac reviewed 
yesterday, and it is conceded by everyone that the marching 



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of to-day exceeded in point of execution the marching of yes- 
terday. 

As the regiments moved up to the stand, displaying their 
ragged and tattered banners, an involuntary burst of applause 
joined in by men, women and children, broke from the as- 
sembled masses, and even drowned the music of the band. 
Handkerchiefs, scarfs and bonnets, wreaths, flags, hats and 
every article calculated at all to attract attention, waved from 
the windows, balconies, house-tops, tree-tops, fences and plat- 
forms along the line of march. Such a wealth and profusion 
of roses never before carpeted the feet of an army. The street 
in front of the White House was strewn at times 
with bouquets, thrown at some favorite by the admir- 
ing crowds, and the bayonets and gun barrels of the troops 
were all in bloom with the floral tributes of the people. Any 
comparison would be invidious when so many well diciplined 
and veteran solders vie with each other for the palm." 
Order to take effect after the review. Gen. O. O. Howard 
was placed in charge of the "Freedman's Bureau" and Gen. 
Logan to the command of the Army of the Tenn. 

HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE, 

Alexandria, Va., May 22, 1865. 

To THE Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Ten- 
nessee : 

Whilst participating in the common feeling of satisfaction, 
that the work of subduing the enemies of our countrv, has 
been so thoroughly accomplished, it is with a feeling of real 
sadness, that I part from my companions in arms. 

It was with many misgivings that I accepted the vacancy 



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created by the death of your able and much loved Commander, 
General McPherson. But I found the most cordial and con- 
stant support throughout the Army, and take pleasure and 
pride in attributing your uniform success to that united action 
which your generous confidence created. 

Should you be called to other fields for active service, you 
have in my successor. Major General Logan, an able, earnest, 
untiring soldier to lead you. 

With a feeling of tender recollection which binds us to our 
late Chief Magistrate, who has poured out his own blood in 
the common sacrifice, I propose to you for a life motto his 
words, "with malice toward none, with charity for all, and 
firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right." These 
words are the truthful, practical, singular bequest that he has 
left us, and may we not cherish them, not only as the expres- 
sion of his life, but as a precept which shall be the ground 
work of perpetual union in this land? 

Now, to the Army, I say farewell — well done, noble body of 
men, God bless you and reward you for all your fidelity and 
sacrifice. 

So long as the old Flag remains the emblem of these States, 
United, let it be counted an honor to the true-hearted soldier, 
or to his memory, that he fought in this Army. 

O. O. HOWARD, 
Major General. 

Extracts from the Chicago Times of the 25th of May, 1865, 
in regard to the Grand Review at Washington in which the 
Regt. took a part : 



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Washington, May 24th, 1865. 

"The grand parade of troops composing the Mihtary Di- 
vision of the Mississippi under the command of General Sher- 
man, took place through Pennsylvania avenue to-day in pres- 
ence of the president and cabinet, the different Corps, and 
Corps commanders of the Army of the Potomac, and at least 
150,000 spectators. 

If yesterday was one of the grandest military pageants ever 
witnessed on the Continent, to-day carried ofif the palm of 
being the grandest ever known in the history of modern times. 

The interest to see this review was greater than that mani- 
fested in yesterday's display. Few of the people of the East- 
ern states had ever seen the Western veterans who had 
marched from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and then to Savannah 
and North Carolina and Richmond and Washington. While 
Washington was overflowing with visitors yesterday the 
special and regular trains last night and this morning brought 1 
additional thousands. The entire day was clear and cool. 

During last night the Army of the Tenn. had marched out 
of its camps in the rear of Arlington Heights, and bivouaced 
near the long bridge on the Virginia side of the Potomac. 
At dawn the Army commenced toi move across the river on 
Maryland avenue to the North and East of the Capitol, where 
the 15th Corps, under command of General John A. Logan, 
formed ihe head of the grand column. 

Precisely at 9 o'clock the signal gun for moving the column 
was fired by Lt. Col. Ross. Chief of Artillery of the 15th 
Corps. 

Gen'l. Sherman and staff led the line on Penn. Ave., amid 



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the repeated cheers of thousands, while ladies and children 
decked the general and his horse with wreaths of flowers. 

1 he Staff and escort made a fine appearance as they rode 
a few yards in advance of the column. The General was the 
recipient of a continued ovation. As he proceeded up the 
avenue, the thousands who crowded the sidewalks, lined the 
house tops, and filled the windows, rent the air with their 
cheers. Following him came the ist Michigan and Missouri 
Engineers, Col. J. B. Yates commanding, who was imme- 
diately succeeded by Gen'l. Logan, at the head of his old 15th 
Corps, but now in command of the Army of the Tenn., which 
followed him. 

His command rapidly filled the Avenue from the Capitol 
to the Treas'y. Department, and its long line of glittering 
steel and polished cannon moved for two hours in front of 
the reviewing stand in front of the President's house, where 
30 or 40 thousand people were congregated. 

Gen'l. Sherman and staff soon approached the head of the 
terraced seats that were crowded with ladies and gentlemen. 
The enthusiasm as he first appeared is almost indescribable. 
The seated masses rose and gave cheer after cheer, which 
were continued for several minutes, while the music of a dozen 
bands could hardly be heard above the tumultuous welcome. 
Upon arriving in front of Gen'l. xA.ugur's headquarters, Gen'l 
Sherman removed his hat and bowed very low to some per- 
son setting at one of the second story windows. 

The thousands who gazed at this unusual demonstration 
of respect wondered to whom was it given, but the recipient 
wias no less a personage than Secretary Seward, who was 
reviewing the parade accompanied by several members of 



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his family. The enthusiasm increased as the Gen'l. drew 
near the presidential stand. He came up with his head un- 
covered, his eyes fixed on the Commander and General in 
Chief President Johnson, and General Grant, who stood to- 
gether. His charger was decked with the choicest flowers 
and wreaths plucked and wrought by the fair hands of ladies. 
Tlie animal seemed to be inspired with the spirit of the oc- 
casion, and bore the conquerer most graciously, bowing its 
fine head to the presidential stand, thus displaying an elegant 
mane and champing its bit and pawing the ground, with as 
much precision as if it was trying to take step to the music 
of the Union. 

As Gen'l. Sherman saluted the President and Gen'l. Grant 
the latter, together with the Cabinet and other distinguished 
people on the stand, all arose, uncovered and returned the 
compliment. 

After passing the main stand Gen'l. Sherman dismounted 
and joined the reviewing party. Upon arriving at the stand 
he approached the President, and after conversation with him, 
shook hands with Gen'l. Grant and several others, and then 
took a seat near the President, and remained during the rest 
of the review. 

As the long column of Infantry and the Batteries of Ar- 
tillery moved through Penn'a. Ave. there was one general 
expression of enthusiastic admiration from thousands of spec- 
tators at the magnificent marching and fine looking men that 
composed them. 

It was generally conceded that the west out-topped the east 
in the physical appearance of their troops and their fine sol- 
dierly bearing. 



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The regiments, brigades and divisions, were more closely 
massed than on yesterday, and therefore presented a more 
solid front of armed men, whose tramp was along the streets 
all day long. 

The order of march was in column of Company, closed 
en masse, right in front, with reduced intervals between regi- 
ments and divisions. 

Companies were equalized by divisions and whenever they 
fell below 15. the battalion formed in column by division. 
The troops marched at shoulder arms with bayonets fixed, 
with cadence step and all colors unfurled during the line of 
march. 

On approaching the presidential stand, only the mounted 
officers saluted Generals Sherman and Grant. The latter only 
rose in response to the salutes of Corps and division com- 
manders who dismounted with one staff officer each, and took 
position near the commanding Gen'l. until their corps or di- 
vision passed, when they returned to them. 

The drum corps of each brigade was massed at the head of 
the brigade and wheeled out of column opposite the stand 
until the brigade passed. The brigade bands continued with 
these brigades. 

The battle stained and bullet rent colors inscribed with 
Vicksburg, Shiloh, Atlanta, etc., were drooped as they passed 
the reviewing officers. The Army of the Tenn., Gen'l. Logan 
commanding, marched in the following order: 
15th Corps, Maj. Gen'l. W. B. Hazen and staff. 
I St Division, 

Bvt. Maj. Gen'l. C. R. Woods and staff. 
29th Mo. Cav'y., Col. Gage commanding. 



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I St Brigade, Bvt. Brig. Gen'l. W. B. Woods, commanding. 

27th Mo., 93rd Ind., 31st and 32nd consolidated battalion 
of Mo. Vols., 6th Minn, and 15th Ind. 

2nd Brigade, Gol. R. F. Catterson, commanding. 

93rd 111., 40th 111., 46th Ohio. 26th 111., looth Ind., 103rd 
111. (The 6th Iowa and the 97th Ind. were also in the bri- 
gade.) 

3rd Brigade, Col. Geo. A. Stone, commanding. 
4th, 9th, 25th, 30th and 31st Iowa." 

Then follows the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Divisions, with which 
this history has no concern. 

"One feature of the above Corps was a squadron of pack 
mules. 1liey attracted unusual attention, being new to east- 
ern soldiers. 

Although the Armies marched in closer columns than the 
Army of the Potomac, and had no Cav'y, they were over 6 
hours in passing a given point. Had not the order for rapid 
marching been given, it would have taken all day for the 
troops to have passed in review. 

!(C SjC >i€ 3(C 3[C 

After the review we were marched out north of the city 
and camped near the Soldier's Home. 

Efforts were made to have the Reg't. mustered out 
and sent home from here, but without success, as we had 
not been mustered in till the 2nd of October, and that date 
was established as the limit. 

On the 31st of May we were marched to the B. & O. R. 
R. Depot, and box cars having been prepared for us, we 
started for the west. The Secretary of War had issued an 
order to all R. R's. transporting troops, not to run, under any 



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circumstances, faster than lo miles an hour. This was very 
fortunate, as several of the boys who had fallen asleep on 
the top of the cars where most of them rode, rolled off. It 
always woke them, and they ran along beside the train, and 
got on board again. 

At Parkersburg, W. Va., we were placed on board the 
Steamer "Gilmore," as will be seen by the following: 

Head Quarters 103d Ills. Vol. Infty., 

On Board Steamer Gilmore, 

June 3rd, 1865. 
Clerk of Steamer Gilmore. 

Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report of 

Commissioned Officers and Enlisted men embarked on board 

the Steamer "Gilmore" at Parkersburg, Va., June 2nd, 1865: 

Commissioned officers 16 

Enlisted men ,. . . 278 

Aggregate ,......,.,., 294 

Very respectfully. 
Yours, &c., 

W. M. Standard, 

I St Lieut. Act. Ad ft. 

We arrived at Louisville, Ky., the afternoon of the 4th of 
June, and camped on "Bear Grass Creek," a short distance 
above town. 

It was thought at one time that we might be sent to Texas 
on account of threatened trouble with the "Empire" of 
Mexico, but the 4th A. C. went. We received orders for 
"Muster Out" by telegraph the 14th, and on the 21st the 



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necessary rolls having been prepared, we were mustered out 
of the U. S. Service by Maj. Dickey, U. S. A., having been 
in the Service two years, eight months and twenty days. We 
had seen service in all of the Confederate states but two, Texas 
and Florida, had been engaged in 24 battles, beside the sieges 
of Vicksburg, Jackson, Atlanta and Savannah, and in skir- 
mishes without number. We had marched nearly, if not quite 
4,000 miles, and been transported nearly as much more. 

Before being mustered out we transferred some 30 men to 
the 40th 111. Inf'ty., as their time (being recruits), had not 
expired, and it was not at that time, at all certain that we 
might not have some trouble with our then neighbor on the 
other side of the Rio Grande. 

The 40th Reg't. was, however, mustered out the 24th of 
July following, and those men were always considered as be- 
ing part of the 103rd. 

We had seen *'the Elephant." We were ordered to Chi- 
cago for final pay and discharge, where we arrived the morn- 
ing of the 24th. 

Of the arrival of the Reg't. in Chicago the morning of the 
24th of June on our return home the Chicago Tribune has 
the following in the Monday paper (there being no Sunday 
papers at that time) : 

(Extract from Chicago Trib., June 26, 1865.) 
"About ten o'clock Saturday morning (the 24th), the 
103d Regiment Ills. Volunteer Infantry, arrived in our city 
and was immediately marched to Union Hall, to be formally 
welcomed to the Empire City of their glorious State. As 
the gallant boys filed into the Central building, they were re- 
ceived by loud cheers and waving of handkerchiefs from the 



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Ladies and Gentlemen present. That they deserved the warmest 
welcome a grateful people could extend to them, their 
shattered ranks and worn faces fully testified. No brilliant 
pageant did they constitute in glittering gold for dazzling the 
eye with all the colors of the rainbow, but they appeared a 
solid body of heroes, some ragged, all toil-worn and travel- 
stained, yet proud withal in the consciousness that they were 
important constituents of the glorious company who have res- 
cued the old flag from its threatened humiliation, and re- 
placed it in its triumphant reign over a united and regenerated 
people. 

On entering the Hall the soldiers were gathered around the 
gallery over the main entrance, where Hon. T. B. Bryan 
heartily welcomed them home to their native state, and in 
a few appropriate words introduced to them J. P. Clarkson, 
Esq., as one who had been chosen to represent the people of 
Qiicago in receiving the regiment before them. At the con- 
clusion of the remarks, the regiment would be escorted through 
the building to view its varied contents. 

Mr. J. P. Clarkson was very happy to have been selected 
to welcome, on behalf of the citizens of Chicago, the war- 
worn veterans of the 103rd. The people felt proud of them. 
Their pathway had been one of danger, privation, sickness 
and death, and they had done well, all they had done. Now 
the days of danger were over and the soldier comes back vic- 
torious, from battle-fields, and bearing upon the banner the 
white winged messenger of peace — the most glorious trophy 
of their three years struggle. 

When they looked back to the record of the regiment it 
was hardly to be told where they had been, rather might it 



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be asked where they had not been. They had swept in Sher- 
man's gallant army like an angel of wrath, carrying with them 
peace and joy to thousands of enslaved human beings, and 
planting the old flag in waste places w'hich had long mourned 
its absence. They had participated in the glorious battles be- 
fore Atlanta, then in North Carolina, South Carolina and Vir- 
ginia, where it had been their proud lot to participate in the 
closing struggles of the Rebellion and watch its dying gasps. 
They had opened the doors of the prison, releasing the brave 
men who had pined and suffered within the loathsome dun- 
geons, waiting for delivery and rescue, when they could be- 
hold the light, breathe God's free air, and again participate 
in the blessings of freedom. That the 103rd had gloriously 
done its duty we need not say. Their shattered ranks, number- 
ing less than half the original number, full well attest their 
bravery and devotion. The scarred and bronzed faces before 
him, told of valor and might upon many a battle field, and in 
many a wearisome march, told of deeds deserved in a most 
glorious record. The si)eaker in conclusion cordially wel- 
comed the regiment to Chicago and introduced to the As- 
sembly the gallant leader of the 103rd, Lieut. -Colonel George 
W. Wright. 

Lieutenant Colonel Wright. 

Colonel Wright was glad of the opportunity to return 
thanks on behalf of the regiment to the citizens of Chicago 
for the hearty welcome they had extended to them. Mr. 
Clarkson has briefly reverted to the history of the regiment. 
Perhaps, it was not as well known to the citizens as that of 
some others, but it had not enjoyed the advantages of many. 



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Unlike some regiments, the 103rd had never possessed the 
patronage of prominent or wealthy associations, nor had even 
sprung from a large city. Coming from the rural districts, 
the men were all representatives of the agricultural interests 
of the state, and, therefore, hardly expected such welcome 
from the people of the Metropolis of the Northwest. Still, 
the regiment possessed a record, and though perhaps it had 
not been emblazoned in the public press, yet, when the im- 
partial record of the war was written up, they would not be 
ashamed of it. Going out 884 strong, they returned with 
less than half that number, leaving many of their comrades 
bleaching upon some one of Sherman's battlefields. In twenty- 
four battlefields the 103rd had never once turned their backs 
upon the enemy. The gallant speaker again thanked the 
citizens for their reception and concluded amid loud applause. 

The regiment was then escorted through the Fair building 
into Floral Hall, where they stacked their arms and spent a few 
moments in inspecting the beauties of the Paradise. The boys 
were again formed in line and marched up Michigan avenue 
to Camp Douglas, where the regiments will be stationed dur- 
ing their stay in Chicago. 

The 103rd Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, was raised and 
organized in Fulton County, in the fall of 1862. It was 
mustered into the service of the United States at Peoria on 
the 2nd of October, and immediately left for Jackson, 
Tennessee, where the regiment was assigned to the old war 
horse Sherman. After remaining a few hours at Jackson, the 
boys left for Bolivar, and in a few days, marched to La 
Grange, and in the latter part of November were with Grant's 
army on his movement to the rear of Vicksburg. They were 



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stationed at Waterford, below Holly Springs, until after the 
Holly Springs raid, under Price and Van Dorn. While on 
this service the regiment was introduced to the war god in 
several hard-fought and brilliant skirmishes. 

The 103rd remained harrassing the enemy, following him, 
only allowing him to stop anywhere long enough to get 
whipped and start running again until the Spring of 1863, 
when it was ordered to Vicksburg, where it remained during 
most effective service until the surrender of the Rebel's strong- 
hold, July 4th, 1863. Then the boys were put on the track 
of Johnston's hordes and followed them closely along Black 
River, fighting all the w'ay, thence to Jackson, Mississippi, 
where the boys of the 103rd also left their mark in firy letters 
of blood. 

Returning to Camp Sherman on Black River, they remained 
until after the battle of Chickamauga, when they were ordered 
to Memphis and marched across the country to Chattanooga, 
where, on the 24th of November, they participated in the battle 
of Missionary Ridge. Marching to the relief of Knoxville, 
and returning to Scottsboro, Alabama, they remained in 
winter quarters until 1864. At the struggle on Missionary 
Ridge, the 103rd lost their first commissioned officer, Capt. 
W. Walsh, Company B., who fell while gallantly leading his 
men upon the enemies' works. 

Early in May the regiment left Scottsboro and marched via 
Chattanooga to Snake Creek Gap, where they opened their 
summer campaign. On the 14th, 15th, i6th and 17th of the 
month, the 103rd participated in the memorable battle of 
Resaca, from whose fields they marched to Dallas, where they 
fought, in company with the 15th Army Corps, commanded by 



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General John A. Logan and to which they were attached, a 
hardly contested battle, extending throughout the 27th and 
28th of May. It was on this latter day that the Colonel of 
the Regiment, Col. W. A. Dickerman, was killed. He fell 
pierced by an enemy's bullet at the head of his men in repelling 
a Rebel charge. On the ist of June another battle was fought 
a few miles distant, at New Hope Church, which proved to 
be a forlorn hope for the Rebels, as they were compelled to 
precipitately evacuate and skedaddle. The boys followed them 
until the 15th, when, at Noonday Creek, another battle oc- 
curred, resulting as before in another pursuit. On the 27th 
of June, the 103rd aided in the charge of the enemy's work 
on Kenesaw Mountain. In this battle, Lieut. Col. Wright, 
commanding the regiment, was seriously wounded, and three 
commissioned officers and sixty men were killed. The regi- 
ment was engaged with the enemy through Georgia until the 
22nd of July, when it marched to the left of Atlanta and were 
engaged in a severe battle with the Rebels under Hood. 
They remained in that position until the 27th, when the regi- 
ment moved to the right of the city, and again fought the 
enemy on the 28th, continuing with the siege until the 26th of 
August, they moved out with the command, and on the 28th and 
31st, were engaged at Jonesboro and Love joy Station, which 
resulted in the utter discomfiture of Hood, returning to East 
Point, near Atlanta. In October, the army started in pursuit 
of Hood, who had gotten into its rear, and pursued them to 
Gadsden, Alabama. Returning to Atlanta, they started on 
the famous march to the Sea, participating in the battle of 
Griswoldsville, where they very seriously defeated the enemy. 
The Command arrived near Savannah on the 9th of Decem- 



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ber, and finally marched into Savannah on the 23rd of De- 
cember, After remaining a short while in Savannah, the 
regiment left for Beaufort, S. C. They participated in the 
battle of Congaree Creek and Columbia, S. C. From Colum- 
bia, they passed on to Goldsboro, N. C, and thence to 
Raleigh which was reached in March. The 103rd next 
marched to Petersburg, Va., and Richmond. In May, they 
participated in the grand review at Washington. Leaving 
Washington, the ist of June they reported at Louisville, Ky., 
and received eight months' pay and were mustered out of 
service the 21st of June. On last Wednesday, they left Louis- 
ville, arriving in Chicago by w ay of Indianapolis and Logans- 
port. The regiment will remain in Chicago awaiting final pay- 
ment. 

When the 103rd left Fulton County three years ago, it 
numbered 884 men. Its shattered ranks do not contain 400 
now, all told. Alx)ut half of the officers, including the noble 
Colonel, are among the missing. 

The original flags of the regiment were presented to them 
at Holly Springs, Miss., and are now battered beyond recogni- 
tion. One of them has received a bullet through the staff, 
and bears other equally certain proofs of having been where 
bullets were not strangers, nor unfrequent visitants. At 
Washington the other day, the regiment received a fine new 
banner, upon whose folds are inscribed the following glorious 
record : Tallahatchie River, Siege of Vicksburg, Black River, 
Jackson. Mississippi, Mission Ridge, Knoxville, Dalton, Res- 
aca, Dallas. New Hope Church, Noonday Creek, Kenesaw 
Mountain, Atlanta, July 22nd, Ezra's Chapel, Lovejoy Station, 
Jonesboro. Gadsden, Ala., Griswoldsville, Savannah, Congaree 
Creek, Columbia, Bentonville and Raleigh, N. C. 



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The following is the present Regimental Roster : 

Lt. Col., Geo. W. Wright, Commissioned Col., but never 
mustered. 

Major, C. W. Wills, Commissioned Lt. Col, but never mus- 
tered. 

Adjutant, Frank B. Lermond. 

Surgeon, Richard Morris. 

ist Asst. Surgeon, S. S. Buck. 

2nd Asst. Surgeon, J. W. Van Brunt. 

Quartermaster, H. S. Ingersioll. 

Sergeant Major, S. R. Quigley. 

Quartermaster Sergeant, W. Fisher. 

Commissary Sergeant, Geo. W. Stipp. 

Hospital Steward, John O. Hughes. 

Principal Musicians, Henry Schaefer, and E. A. Parvin. 



Co. 


Capt. 


1st Lieut. 


2nd Lieut. 


A. 
B 


W. W. Bishop. 
Andrew Smith. 
F. M. Taylor. 
M.V. D.Voorhees. 

Jared Voorhees. 
C. F. Matteson. 
F. M. Putnam. 


W. M. Standard. 
J. W. Swartz. 
G. S. Chapin. 
R. S. Neefus. 
W. S. Johnson.* 
H. H. Orendorff. 

Jacob L. Thomas. 
Timothy Dewey. 
Aaron Amsley. 




r 




D 




E 




F 




G. 
H 


John H.Dorrance 


T 




K 


A. B. Smith. 









♦Commissioned Capt. of Co. I but never mustered. 

After spending an hour or more seeing what was to be seen, 
(the ground then occupied by the North Western Sanitary 



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Fair, in which building we were received, is now occupied by 
the Chicago City Pubhc Library, and The Grand Army 
Memorial ?Iall, which ground was never occupied by any 
other buildings, except immediately after the Great Fire, in 
1 87 1, when it was used for stores most of the following 
winter. No permanent building was ever erected there until 
as mentioned) ; the Regiment was marched to Camp Douglass, 
where we remained about two days, when, learning that the 
Paymasters would not he able to pay us for at least a week, 
arrangements were made with the C, B. & Q. R. R. to enable 
us to go to Fulton County and return when our turn for pay- 
ment came. The Mayor of Canton learning of our near ap- 
proach, on the morning of the 27th, issued the following call 
for a meeting, to arrange to receive us : 

"The 103rd are coming!! 

"Our brave Fulton County Regiment is now in Chicago, 
awaiting their final payment. They will be here the last of 
this week or first of next week. Due notice of the day and 
train will be given by telegram at the earliest possible moment. 
They will be disbanded in Canton. There will be A MEET- 
ING AT GRAHAM'S HALL, This Tuesday evening, June 
27th, 1865, to make arrangements for a grand and hearty 
reception of the heroes of Tallahatchie, Vicksburg, Black 
River, Jackson, Mission Ridge, Knoxville, Dallas, New Hope 
Church, Noonday Creek, Kenesaw, Atlanta, Ezra's Chapel, 
Lovejoy Station, Gadsden, Griswoldsville, Savannah, Con- 
garee Creek, Columbia, Bentonville, and Raleigh. Let us have 
a full meeting and make the ampliest arrangements for the 
grandest reception that can be given. The Ladies are respect- 



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fully requested to attend. There is much to be done, and many- 
hands make Hght work. Come all to the meeting. 

(Signed) W. B. Gleason, 

Mayor." 

We arrived at Canton about the 30th, and were well re- 
ceived, and returned to Chicago the 6th, were paid off, and 
received our discharges the 8th and 9th of July. 

Most of the men returned to Fulton County the same day, 
and resumed their usual vocation in life. It is with great 
pleasure that one can say with truth that the members of the 
103rd, when they returned to civil life, were no more demoral- 
ized than when they were first enlisted. After serving their 
Country they returned to their old places, and duties. Many 
of them have since then held offices, both elective and appoint- 
ive, with credit, both to the Country and themselves. 

The record of the Regiment, while in the Service, will com- 
pare favorably with that of any in the field. Coming from 
a strictly rural part of the State, it was extremely difficult 
for us to obtain arms that were not more dangerous to the 
holder than to the enemy, and not until October nth, 1863, 
were we able to secure anything better than the old altered 
Springfield Musket, Cal. 69. 

With the new arms the Regiment promptly assumed its 
proper place in the Brigade, and was in every way equal to 
the oldest and best regiments in the service. It was frequently 
remarked by the 6th Iowa, and other old Regiments, that "we 
are safe when the 103rd are supporting us in action," and 
we felt the same toward the 6th Iowa, and the other Regiments 
of the Old Brigade. 



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The number of men originally mustered in on the 2nd of 

October, 1862, was . . 808 

Recruits 84 

Field Line and Staff 33 

Aggregate 925 

Of the 84 recruits, 9 never joined the Regiment. 

The record of the 883 men was as follows : 

Killed in battle and died of wounds 81 

Killed by accident 2 

Died in the field and at home. . . 129 

Died in Andersonville 7 



Total killed and died 219 

Discharged from wounds and disease 134 

Transferred to 40th 111 , 30 

Transferred to Veteran Reserve and Invalid Corps 45 

Promoted to be Commissioned Officers 35 

Mustered out 375 

This includes all sick and in prison, absent at the muster 
out of the Regiment, and not otherwise accounted for. 

Of Commissioned Officers we had 68 

Killed and died of wounds. . 8 

Died of disease i 

Resigned 22, 

Dishonorably discharged . ^^ X 

Honorably discharged ^ /, 

Mustered out 25 

Commissioned, but not mustered , ,. 5 



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The members of the old Regiment are now scattered "to 
the ends of the earth," and have become so few that it is hardly 
probably that there are 300 of them living. 

In compiling this book your Committee have tried to deal 
only in cold, plain facts, and hope they have succeeded fairly 
well. 

The following extracts, taken from the Regimental Morn- 
ing Report Book, will show the strength of the Command at 
the dates given. 

The first is of Nov. i8th, 1864, being well on the route 
to Savannah : 



Corns 'd 




Present 






Absent. 






Field & 


















Staff, 3. 


Non. Com. 


6. Total 9. 


Com. 


3. 






Total 12. 












On 


detached service. 




Corns 'd 


Enlisted 




Total. 


Com'd. 


Enlisted. 


Total 


Guns. 


Co. A 1 


18 




19 


1 




24 


44 


15 


" B 1 


28 




29 






10 


39 


24 


" C 


23 




23 


2 




29 


54 


17 


" D2 


25 




27 






14 


41 


21 


" E 1 


23 




24 


2 




26 


52 


18 


" F 1 


33 




34 






18 


52 


29 


" G2 


24 




26 


1 




19 


46 


22 


" H 


24 




24 






10 


34 


18 


" I 1 


19 




20 






10 


50 


12 


" K2 


25 




27 






17 


44 


19 


Total 14 






262 






177 


448 


195 



For Jan. nth, 1865, when we start on the Carolina Cam- 
paign. 



F.&S.4 


5 


9 


2 




11 




Co. A 1 


15 


16 


1 


26 


44 


13 


" B 1 


24 


25 




13 


38 


21 


" C 


24 


24 


2 


28 


54 


17 


" D2 


23 


25 




14 


39 


19 


" E 1 


22 


25 


2 


26 


51 


16 


" F 1 


29 


30 


1 


17 


48 


27 


" G2 


22 


24 


1 


19 


44 


20 


" H 


24 


24 




10 


34 


18 


" I 1 


17 


18 




10 


28 


12 


•' Kl 


24 


25 


1 


17 


44 


19 


15 




223 


7 




436 


182 



242 

The report for Feb'y is almost exactly the same, there being- 
243 present for duty, and 184 guns. Being made out with 
pencil, it is now almost illegible. To explain the reason for 
the great difference between the number of men present for 
duty and the number of guns in use, the following is intro- 
duced : 

Head Quarters 2nd Brig., ist Div. A. C. 

In the Field, Ga., Dec. 12th, 1864. 

Special Orders, ) „ 
No. 75. f ^''- 
The following named enlisted men are hereby detailed as 
mounted orderlies at the Head Quarters and will report with- 
out delay for duty: 

Private Andrew J. Stutes. Co. "H," 103rd 111. Inf. 
Private William H. Haller. Co. "K," 103rd 111. Inf. 
By order of Colonel : 

Robert F. Catterson, Cont'd' g. Brig. 
J. Fast, 

A. A. A. Genl 
Commanding Officer, 

Co. "K," 103rd 111. Inf. 

Generally we had about 50 or even more, at times, away 
from the Reg't on such duty. 



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GENERAL SHERMAN'S FAREWELL ORDER. 



Head Quarters Mil. Div. of the Miss., 
In the Field, Washington, D. C, May 30th, 1865. 
Special Field Orders, No. 76. 

The General Commanding announces to the Army of the 
Tennessee and Georgia that the time has come for us to part. 
Our work is done, and armed enemies no longer defy us. 
Some of you will be retained in service till further orders. 

And now that we are about to separate to mingle with the 
civil world, it becomes a pleasing duty to recall to mind the 
situation of national affairs, when but little more than a year 
ago we gathered about the towering cliffs of Lookout Moun- 
tain, and all the future was wrapped in doubt and uncertainty. 
Three armies had come together from distant fields with sep- 
arate histories, yet bound by one common cause, the Union 
of our country and the perpetuation of the Government of our 
inheritance. 

There is no need to recall to your memories Tunnel Hill, 
with Rocky Face Mountain and Buzzard Roost Gap, with the 
ugly forts or Dalton behind. We were in earnest and paused 
not for danger and difficulty, but dashed through Snake Creek 
Gap and fell on Resaca, then on to Etowah, to Dallas, to Ken- 
esaw, and the heat of summer found us on the banks of the 
Chattahoochie, far from home, and dependent upon a single 
road for supplies. Again we were not held back by any 
obstacle and fought four hard battles for the possession of the 
citadel of Atlanta. That was the crisis of our history. A 



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doubt still clouded our future, but we solved the problem and 
destroyed Atlanta, struck boldly across the State of Georgia, 
severed all the main arteries of life to our enemies, and Christ- ] 
mas found us at Savannah. 

Waiting there only long enough to fill our wagons, we again 
began our march, which for peril, labor and results, will com- 
pare with any ever made by an organized army. The floods 
of the Savannah, the swamps of the Combahee and Edisto^ 
the high hills and rocks of the Santee, the flat quagmires of 
Pedee and Cape Fear rivers, were all passed in midwinter with 
its floods and rains, in the face of an accumulating enemy, and 
after the battles of Averysboro and Bentonville, we once more 
came out of the wilderness to meet our friends at Goldsboro. 
Even then we paused only long enough to get new clothing, 
to re-load our wagons, and again pushed on to Raleigh, and 
beyond, until we met our enemy suing for peace instead of 
war, and offering to submit to the injured laws of his and our 
country. As long as that enemy was defiant, no mountains, 
nor rains, nor swamps, nor hunger, nor cold had checked us, 
but when he who had fought us hard and persistently offered 
submission, your negotiations followed, which resulted, as you 
all know, in his surrender. How far the operations of this 
army have contributed to the final overthrow of the Confed- 
eracy, and the peace which now dawns on us must be judged 
by others, not by us ; but that you have done all that men 
could do has been admitted by those in authority, and we have 
a right to join in the universal joy that fills our land, because 
the war is over, and our Government stands vindicated before 
the world, by the joint action of the volunteer armies of the 
United States. 



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To such as remain in the mihtary service, your General need 
only remind you that success in the past was due to hard 
work and discipHne, and that the same work and discipHne are 
equally important in the future. To such as go home he will 
only say that our favored country is so grand, so extensive, so 
diversified in climate, and soil and productions, that every man 
may find a home and occupation suited to his taste, and none 
should yield to the natural impatience sure to result from our 
past life of excitement and adventure. 

Yoii will be invited to seek new adventures abroad, but do 
not yield to the temptation, for it will lead only to death and 
disappointment. 

Your General now bids you all farewell, with the full belief 
that as in war you have been good soldiers, so in peace you 
will make good citizens, and if unfortunately a new war should 
arise in our country, "Sherman's army" will be the first to 
buckle on its old armor and come forth to defend and main- 
tain the Government of our inheritance and choice. 

By order of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman. 
L. M. Dayton, Asst. Adjt. Gen. 



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BIOGRAPHIC SKETCHES. 



Col. Willard Arms DickermAn 
was born in Boston, Mass., January ist, 1823. He received 
his education from private and military schools which he at- 
tended in Boston and the State of New York. In his early 
twenties he came to Illinois, where, in Schuyler County, he 
married Miss Margaret Elizabeth Deaver, in 1848. Two chil- 
dren, both girls, were born to him. He soon moved to Beards- 
town, and then to Liverpool, where he entered on a successful 
business career, and making many valued friends. 

The 25th of Oct., 1861, he was mustered into the 7th Illi- 
nois Cavalry, as Quartermaster. Continued ill health caused 
him to tender his resignation, which was accepted the 26th of 
May, 1862. 

On the organization of the 103rd, having recovered his 
health, he accepted the same position in it. 

On the resignation of Col. Babcock, he was made Col. on 
the 1 8th of Oct., 1862. His care for the Reg't w^as his great- 
est pleasure. He always insisted that the Officers of the 
Reg't should be punctual in making such returns as were re- 
quired, and at the proper times. At the time few of them 
realized the benefit of this order. 

While in Command of the Reg't it took part in the following 
campaigns and battles: The Campaign in the later part of 

1862, toward Vicksburg, the short campaign in the spring of 

1863, at the time of the "Grierson Raid," the Seige of Vicks- 
burg and Jackson, Miss. Was with the Reg't from Memphis 



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to Chattanooga, and the battle of Missionary Ridge, and 
thence to Knoxville, and the return to Scottsboro, Ala. 

He Commanded the Provisional Brigade of the 15th Corps 
on the Dalton campaign, from Feb'y 8th till its return in 
March. 

Having a short leave of absence, he rejoined the Reg't dur- 
ing the battle of Resaca, and continued with it till the day 
of his being mortally wounded, the 28th of May, during a 
fierce charge of the enemy, during which he continued to direct 
the movements of the Command till the enemy was repulsed. 
He died the morning of May 30th, 1864. 

Col. Dickerman was a man of good strong sense, of a win- 
ning personality, broad minded and generous, a great reader 
and deep thinker. He was a brave soldier, and was much 
beloved by his Regiment, who deeply felt his loss. 

Lieut. Col. Geo. W. Wright 

was born in Fulton County in August, 1832. Being the sec- 
ond son of a large family, he early learned to depend on him- 
self. He studied medicine with Dr. Alexandre Hull of Lewis- 
town and was graduated from the Keokuk Medical College. 

He practiced in both Fulton and McDonough Counties, but 
finally went to Iowa, and while at Clarinda heard of the fall 
of Ft. Sumter. 

He immediately sold his horse and buggy and took train 
for home. At Fairview he enlisted in Co. C of the 17th 111. 
Inf'ty as private, but on the muster in of the Reg't (May 
25th) was made a Serg't. The 24th of Dec, 1861, he was 
made Capt. of his Company, and was wounded at the battle 
of Ft. Donnelson in Feb'y of '62. Having recovered to some 



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extent, he returned to the Reg't and was at the battle of Shiloh 
the 6th and 7th of April. 1862. The i8th of April he re- 
signed and returned to Fulton County. When the call for 
more troops was issued in 1862, his health being well restored, 
he assisted in recruiting the 103rd and was elected Capt. of 
Co. H. When the Reg't was organized at Peoria he was 
made Major, and on the i8th of Oct. on the resignation of 
Lt. Col. P. Stearns, w-as made Lt. Col. of the Reg't. He was 
commissioned Col., but on account of lack of men was never 
mustered as such. 

After the return of the x\rmy from the Knoxville campaign 
Col. Wright was detailed to the Div. Staff as Assistant In- 
spector Gen. of the 4th Div. 15th A. C. and served as such 
until the 27th of June, when the Reg't, having no Field Offi- 
cer present, he joined the men. and during the engagement 
was again wounded. He commanded the Reg't during the 
Carolina Campaign and till its muster out at Louisville, Ky., 
June 2 1 St. 1865. 

He seldom or never referred to his service in the army, 
except when talking with his comrades, or other army men. 
At the muster out of the Reg't the men presented him with a 
fine sword. His kindness to the command is well remem- 
bered by all the sunnvors of the Reg't. 

He returned to Fulton County and resumed practice, hav- 
ing an office in Canton, but subsequently moved to Iowa, 
where he died in 1880. 



Major Asias Willison 

was born in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, July 31st, 1831, 
and soon after moved to Perrv Countv, Ohio, and settled on a 



249 

farm. His father died in 1835, leaving a family of six chil- 
dren. At 16, having had only such schooling as could be had 
at a country school, he was apprenticed to the saddle and har- 
ness trade. 

In the spring of 1852 he came west and located at Charles- 
town, 111., and in '54 married Miss Catherine Conley of New- 
ark, Ohio. In 1856 he moved to Lewistown, 111., and engaged 
in business. 

When Fort Sumter was fired on he was the first to enlist in 
a Company that subsequently became Co. H of the 17th 111. 
Inft'y, Col. L. F Ross. 

He was elected 2nd Lieut., and closing his store, went with 
it to Peoria, then a camp of instruction. On being mustered 
into the U. S. Service he was promoted to be ist Lt. He 
served with the Reg't at the battle of Fredericktown, Mo., 
Oct. 2ist, and commanded the Co. during the seige and cap- 
ture of Ft. Donnelson Feb'y 13-16, 1862. 

At Shiloh, Tenn., April 6th and 7th his watch was struck 
by a bullet which so severely bruised him that the surgeons 
fearing serious results recommended him to resign, which he 
did the i8th of April. In August, his health being recovered, 
he assisted in organizing the 103rd, and enlisted a Co. at 
Lewistown (Co. A, 103rd) and was elected Capt. Sept. 6th 
he reported with his Co. at Peoria, and the 2nd of Oct., 1862, 
he was again mustered into the Service of the U. S. 

Oct. 1 8th Major Wright having been promoted, he was 
made Major. 

He was with the Reg't in all its engagements, to and includ- 
ing Resaca, where he received a bullet in his thigh (his horse 
being killed), which he yet carries. Returning to the Reg't 



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about Aug. I St. he commanded it in the battles of that month, 
and at Jonesboro, Lovejoy, Griswoldville and the seige of 
Savannah. At Savannah learning of the severe illness of his 
wife, he tendered his resignation, which was received January 
9th, 1865. He was commissioned Lt. Col. May 28th, '64, but 
not mustered. 

He returned to Lewistown and resumed his old business, 
with stock and grain in addition, till 1881, he moved to Cres- 
ton, Iowa, where he now resides. His wife died in 1867. . 
He is a member of the Grand Army, and has served as Com- 
mander and in other offices. He was Postmaster at Creston 
under President Harrison for four years. In 1872 he mar- 
ried Miss Mary Clark at Lewistown, 111. They have four 
children still living. He had a brother in the 12th Ohio 
Inft'y and one in the 103rd. He still resides at Creston. 

Charles Wright Wills 

was born in Canton, III, April 17th, 1840. His par- 
ents were Andrew Wills and Eliza Brady, both natives 
of Pennsylvania. He was educated at the Canton pub- 
lic schools, and was graduated from the State Normal 
School at Bloomington. Enlisted at Peoria, in Co. E, 8th 
Infantry, April 20th, 1861, for three months, and was mus- 
tered out July 25th. He then enlisted in the 7th Cav'y, and 
was made Battalion Adjutant, in which capacity he served 
till Sept. 6th, 1862. when by order of the War Dept. all such 
officers were mustered out. He was elected Capt. of Co. 
G, 103rd 111. Infty, Oct. 2nd, 1862, while at Peoria, and 
served as such till in Dec, 1865, while in Savannah, Ga.. he 
was elected Major. During the summer of 1863 he served on 



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the Staff of Major General Oglesby. Was with the Com- 
mand during the Carolina Campaign, receiving the Commis- 
sion of Lieut. Col., but was never mustered. 

At the close of the war he moved to La. and engaged in 
sugar planting. 

He died on the plantation at Jennerette the 24th of March, 
1883. 

His remains were buried at Canton, 111. 

Franklin B. Lermond 

was born May 31st, 1842, at Warren, Maine. 

In 1850 his father died and left a widow and three chil- 
dren. In 1852 they moved to Canton. His education was 
the best that the city could give, and when the second call for 
300,000 men was made, he enlisted in Co. F of the 103rd 
Aug. 14th, 1862. 

At the organization of the Reg't he was detailed into the 
Adjt.'s office, where he remained till April 7th, 1863, when he 
was made Sergt. Major. Upon the "retirement" of Adj't 
Wagstaff June 15th, he was made Adjutant, which position 
he filled to the perfect satisfaction of the entire command. Of 
pleasing appearance and genial disposition, he was a universal 
favorite. He served with the Reg't in all its campaigns from 
the beginning till the end, and never received a scratch till at 
Bentonville, the last battle in which we were engaged, in N. 
C, he was wounded through the right arm. so as to require 
a removal of more than two inches of the bone. Upon return- 
ing to Canton he studied law, and practiced with fair success. 



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He died Sept. 12th, 1880, and was buried at Canton. No man 
in the Reg't had more, or warmer friends. 

Dr. Thornton H. Fleming 

acted as Surgeon of the Reg't from its formation at Peoria in 
Sept., 1862, till the i8th of Nov., and until Dr. R. Morris, who 
was appointed to be the Regimental Surgeon, could report for 
duty, which was at the latter date. 

He never was mustered into the U. S. Service, and left the 
Reg't while in Miss. 






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DETACHED SERVICE. 



Your Committee have, as far as they have been able, pre- 
pared sketches of the officers who were on Detached Service, 
with the duties they performed. That the services rendered in 
their respective positions were of fully as much value to> the 
cause as they would have been with the Reg't, there can be no 
doubt. Who will say that the services of Capt. Stockdale, as 
Provost Marshal of the whole western Army under G^n. 
Grant, were not of more value than if he had remained with 
his Co. ? 

Or of Lt. Worley, who assisted in discovering and reading 
the new Rebel Signal Code, and by being able to do so saved 
many valuable lives, by the knowledge so gained. In the serv- 
ices so rendered they were doing as much or more for the 
credit of the Command than if they had remained with it. 

For this reason they are introduced. 

Capt. Wm. W. Bishop 

Co. A, was detailed as Ordnance Officer of the 4th Div. of the 
15th Corps about the ist of Jan., 1864, while at Scottsboro, 
Ala. 

It was to his efforts that we were so well supplied with 
ammunition during the Atlanta Campaign. When one con- 
siders the amount of ammunition we used during that Cam- 
paign he will be much astonished. 

He returned to the Command of his Co. on the breaking up 
of the "old" 4th Div. at Atlanta, at the close of the summer. 



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about Sept. loth. and was with it until the muster out at 
Louisville, in June, 1865. 

He now lives in St. Paul, Minn. 

Lieut. Isaiah C. Worley 

of Co. A was detailed to the Signal Corps the i6th 
of April, 1864, and ordered to Huntsville for in- 
struction. He reported for duty in the field at the De- 
partment Hd. Qrs. June 2nd, and the 5th Lt. Allen (his part- 
ner) and he were assigned to the 15th A. C. It may be re- 
membered that our Signal Officers had up till a week before 
this time been able to read the Rebs. Signal Code, but 
while on Allatoona Hill one of our Sig. men had been 
fool enough to answer one of their signals. This let the cat 
out of the bag, and we got no more news that way. They 
changed their Code and on the nth began to use a new Code. 
On that p M., says Lt. Worley, whose diary is at hand, "Lt. 
Allen and I reading Reb. sig. numbers." And on the 13th 
is the following, "In the afternoon Lt. Allen and I read the 
-first complete message from the Rebel signals" under their 
new code, as follows : 

"June 13. Gen. Johnston: Enemy making no movements 
that can be discovered, but is hard at work fortifying east 
and west side of R. R. i| or 2 miles below Big Shanty. His 
cars frequently seen coming into Big Shanty. His line of 
works 2 or 2| miles east of R. R." 

"P. M. Lee, A. I. G. :" "The above was the first message 
read from the new Rebel code. Lt. Allen and I beat all the 
other Signal officers badly, and we are two amongst the young- 
est officers in practice on duty." 



255 

"June 14th. Lt. Allen and I in front reading Rebel sig- 
nals. Received a number of messages and sent them to our 
Commandino- Generals. 

Among others we received the following: 

"2 p. M. Gen'l McCall: Was Lt. Gen'l Polk killed? Let 
me know. Gen'l Hood." 

"June 14th. 2| p. M. Gen'l Hood : The remains of Lt. 
Gen'l Polk just passed in direction of Marietta. 'S. S.' " 

Nov. 15th at the commencement of "The March to the 
Sea," Lt. Worley was sent to the 17th A. C. and continued 
with it till the 13th of Jan., 1865, when he was returned to 
the 15th Corps. On the 14th he sends in his resignation, 
Avhich is accepted on the 15th, and he is again a citizen. 

It will be seen that if Lt. Worley did not do as much duty 
on the "shooting line" as some others, his services were of 
very great value. 

It is doubtful if during his whole term of service he saw 
three months of good health. 

He died at Lewistown, Fulton Co., 111., in Sept., 1896. 

Capt. Sidney A. Stockdale 

of Co. C was Adj't of the 7th 111. Cav'y from the 30th of 
Jan., 1862, till the 26th of May, 1862, when he resigned. 

In the summer of that year he recruited and organized Co. 
C, 103rd 111., and was mustered in as Capt. the 2nd of Oct. 
He was with the Reg't until the 5th of Jan., '63, when he 
was detailed to be Provost Marshal of Jackson, Tenn. He 
was transferred to Memphis, and later to Vicksburg and re- 
lieving Col. Kent as P. M. Gen'l of the army commanded by 
Gen. Grant. When Gen. Grant was sent east, Capt. Stock- 



256 

dale went to Nashville with the Head Quarters, and remained 
on duty there till he resigned March 25th. 1865. He served 
as Deputy Collector of the Port of New Orleans, for a num- 
ber of years, but failing health caused him to resign. He 
went to San Diego, California, where he died Dec. 25th, 1875. 
He was a man of most wonderful administrative ability, a 
good soldier, a genial friend and gentleman. 

Lt. Isaac IMcBean 

of Co. D was mustered in with the Co. Oct. 2nd, 1862. Soon 
after our arrival in the field he was detailed on the Staff of 
Col. I. Pugh of the 41st 111. Commanding Brig. 

April^th, 1863, he was promoted to be ist Lt. and resigned 
June 22nd, 1863, having never rejoined the Reg't. 

Lieut. Wm. S. Johnson 

was IxDrn in Mount Morris, N. J., Oct. 28. 1838. With his 
parents he came west and resided in Canton in 1852. 

He enlisted in the "Canton Blues." subsequently Co. D of 
the 55th 111. Inft'y, of which he was elected 2nd Lieut. Was 
mustered into the U. S. Service Oct. 31st, 1861. Continued 
bad health caused him to resign March 5th, 1862. In August 
he enlisted in Capt. Post's Co. (E), being elected ist Lt. He 
served with his Co. and as Acting Q. M. of the Reg't till 
Oct. 27th, '63. He was with his Co. till the spring of '64, 
when he was detailed on the Stafif of the 2nd Brig, as A. D. 
C. to Gen. Walcutt. After the battle of Griswoldville. Gen. 
Walcutt having been wounded, he remained with Col. R. F. 
Catterson till April 29th. when Gen. Walcutt having returned, 



257 

and being in Command of the ist Div. 14th A. C. made a spe- 
cial request that Lt. Johnson be made an A. D. C. on his Staff. 
He served with Gen. Walcutt till the close of the war, and 
•with credit, as the following will show : 

Hd. Qrs. 1st Div. 14th A. C, 

June 29th, 1865. 
Special Orders No. 71. ) 
Extract. * * * j 

I desire to express my thanks for the faithful and efficient 
manner in which Lieut. Johnson has performed his every 
duty, during long official association with myself, and to assure 
him of my appreciation of his distinguished gallantry on many 
fields of valor. In all of Sherman's Campaigns, especially at 
Resaca, Dallas, New Hope Church, Kenesaw Mountain, June 
15th and 17th, before Atlanta July 22nd and 28th, and Aug. 
3rd, Jonesboro and Griswoldville, Georgia, and at Benton- 
ville, North Carolina. * * * 

Chas. C. Walcutt, 
Brevet Maj. Gen. Comm'd'g. 

He was ordered to Chicago to rejoin the Reg't. 

He engaged in business in Fulton Co., but finally went to 
Falls City, Neb. His health failing, he returned to Canton, 
where he died Feb'y i8th, 1874. 

Charles F. Matteson 

of Co. G first enlisted at Galesburg the 19th of April, 
1 861, and served with Co. E in the 17th Inft'y as 
Sergt. Was with the Reg't in all its battles, Fredrickstown, 
Mo., Oct. 2ist, '61, at Fort Donelson Feb'y 1 3-1 6th, at Shi- 



258 

loh. Tenn., April 6th and 7th, 1862, where he was twice 
wounded, and during the seige of Corinth, Miss. Sent on 
recruiting service from Bolivar, Tenn., about the 27th of July, 
reported at Canton with Lt. Stockdale, but was ordered to 
drill such Cos. of the 103rd as were recruited at Canton, till 
they went to Peoria, when the superintendent of that service 
ordered him to Peoria for the same duty. Oct. 2nd he was 
elected ist Lt. of Co. G and served with the Co. and Reg't on 
the M. & C. R. R., and with the ist Div. i6th A. C. at the 
rear of Vicksburg, and seige of Jackson, till we returned to 
Camp Sherman, where part of the time he was the only officer 
in the Reg't able to go on picket. He commanded the Co. 
from June 7th till Sept. 8th, when he had a leave of absense. 
Rejoining the Reg't on its arrival at Memphis he was placed 
in command of Co. B till Oct. 27th at luka, he was made 
Acting R. Q. M. 

Served with the Reg't in all its movements during the Mis- 
sion Ridge campaign, and during the Dalton campaign in Feb'y 
and March, '64, on the Staff of Col. Dickerman, Commanding 
Provisional Brig, from the 15th A. C. 

At the beginning of the Atlanta Campaign he was made 
Asst. Q. M. of the 4th Div. of the 15th A. C. in charge of 
clothing, &c., and part of the time in addition, in charge of 
the "advance ordnance train." When the "old" 4th Div. was 
broken up, he was placed in charge of all the Hospitals of the 
Army of the Tenn. at Marietta as Asst. Q. M. 15th A. C. until 
they were broken up, after which he was in charge of trains 
of that Corps till we arrived in the rear of Savannah. Dec. 
13th, when Ft. McAlister was taken, he was made Asst. Q. 
M. of the Military Div. of the Miss, and Master of Marine 
Transportation at Savannah. As such he received all the 



259 

supplies that came from the North, having in addition the 
Marine Machine shops, and captured property of a marine 
nature. He also re-pressed and shipped the captured cotton, 
some 32,000 bales, under the direction of the late Simeon 
Draper, collector of the Port of New York. He remained 
there till the 14th of March, when he went to Morehead City, 
N. C, and continued that duty, with the addition of R. R. 
transportation, to the front at Goldsboro and Raleigh. 

After Johnston's surrender, he was ordered to Alexandria, 
Va. (May 9th), and resumed the same duties. Was relieved 
from this duty, and ordered to report to his Reg't after 10 
days' leave, and rejoined the Reg't at its camp north of Wash- 
ington May 27th, and took command of the Co. 

June 6th, 1865, at Louisville, Ky., he received his Commis- 
sion as Capt. and was later mustered as such. He was mus- 
tered out with the Reg't at Louisville the 21st of June, 1865, 
and paid off at Chicago in July. Resides in Chicago, 111. 

Quarter Master Wm. Mellor 

was the only Commissioned officer of the Reg't who was cap- 
tured. He was sent finally to Charleston and remained there 
till exchanged and was discharged from service May 15th, 
1865. 

He never recovered from the effects of his imprisonment, 
but was always an invalid. 

He was made Brigade Quarter Master in Sept., 1863, and 
served in that capacity till he was captured in April, 1864. 

He was a very efficient Officer in all respects. 

After his return to civil life he was for many years a mem- 
ber of the State Board of Equalization. 

He died in Chicago Dec, 1900. 



26o 

George J. Wilkinson enlisted in Co. C of the 103rd Reg't 
the nth of Aug., 1862. 

On the organization of the Reg't he was made Sergt. Major 
and mustered in as such Oct. 2nd. 

April 7th, 1863, he was promoted to be ist Lieut, of Co. 
B and served with the Co. till in Jan., 1864, he was detailed to 
the Head Qrs. of the 4th Div. 15th Corps, as Acting Ass't 
Adj't Gen. (Brig. Gen. Harrow, Commanding). 

He was promoted to be Capt. of Co B the 26th of Feb'y, 
1864. 

He served as A. A. A. Gen. till at the last battle of the 
Atlanta campaign he received a wound from which he died 
the 23rd of Sept. at Marietta, Ga., 1864. 



MUSTER IN 

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD INFANTRY 
REGIMENT 

THREE years' SERVICE 

FIELD AND STAFF 



Name and Rank. 



Residence. 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Date 
of muster. 



Remarks. 



Colonels. 
Amos C. Babcock. 



Willard A. Dickerman 



George W. Wright . . . 

Lieutenant Colonels. 
Parley C. Stearns. . . . 
George W. Wright . . . 
Asias WiUison 



Canton. . . 
Liverpool. 



Lewistown. 



Charles W. Wills 

Majors. 
George W. Wright . . . . 

Asias WiUison 

Charles Wills 

Adjutants. 

Samuel S. Tipton 

Alexander E. Wagstaff 
Franklin B. Lermond 

Quartermasters. 
Willard A. Dickerman 

William Mellor 

H. S. Ingersoll 

Surgeon. 
Richard Morris 

First Asst. Surgeon. 

Sidney S. Buck 

Second Asst. Surgeon. 
James W. VanBrunt. . 

Chaplain. 
William S. Peterson. . . 



Lewistown . 

Canton 

Lewistown . 

Canton 

Lewistown. . 



Canton. 



Liverpool. 
Vermont. . 
Canton. . . 



Ellisville. . . 
Fair view. . . 
Bernadotte. 
Canton 



Oct. 
Oct. 



18 



May 28. 64 



Oct. 
Oct. 
May 



Not must'rd 
Oct. 18, 62 

Not must'rd 



Not must'rd 
Oct. 18, 62 



June 21, 65 



Not must'rd 



Oct. 
Oct. 
May 

Oct. 
.June 
June 

Aug. 
Oct. 
May 

Nov. 

Oct. 

Oct. 

Oct. 



Oct. 
Oct. 
Feb. 

Oct. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Oct. 
June 

Nov. 

Oct. 

Oct. 

Oct. 



2, 62 
18, 62 
10 65 

2, 62 

13, 63 

6, 64 

25, 62 
18, 62 
9, 65 

15. 62 

2, 62 

2, 62 

2, 62 



Resigned to Gov., Get. 

18, 1862 

W'nd'd near Dalla ^ ? , 

May 28, 64; died May 

30, 64 

M. O. June 21 65, as Lt. 

Col 

Resigned Oct. 18, 62 

Promoted 

Resigned Jan. 8, 65, as 

Major 

M. O. June 21, 65, as Mjr. 

Promoted 

Resigned June 19, 63. . . . 
Dishon. dis. June 15, 64. 
Must'd out June 21, 65. 

Promoted Colonel 

Discharged May 15 65. . . 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Must'rd out June 21. 65. 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Dismissed Apr. 17, 63. . . . 



261 



262 





NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF. 




Name and Rank. 


Residence. 


Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 


Date 
of muster. 


Remarks. 


Sergeant .Majors. 

Geo. J. Wilkinson 

Frank B. Lermond.. . . 
Sidney R. Quigley. . . . 

Q. M. Sergeants. 
Henry S. Ingersoll. . . . 
Wil.son Fisher 

Com. Sergeant. 


Farmington. . . 

Canton 

Liverpool 

Canton 

Canton 

Canton 

Fair\'iew 

Canton 

Fairview 

Farmington. . . 


Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 


11, 62 
14. 62 
11. 62 

11. 62 
9, 62 


Oct. 

Oct. 
Oct 


2. 62 

2,62 

2, 62 
2, 62 

28,62 
2, 62 


Prom. IstLieut. Co. B . . 

Promoted Adjutant 

Must'rd out June 21. 65. 

Prom. Regi'm'n't'l Q. M. 
Must'rd out June 21. 65. 


Hospital Stewards. 
Henry J. Mifflin 


22, 62 Oct. 
13 62 


Discharged June 8. 1863. 


Principal Musician*. 
Charles E. Payne 

Henry E. Schaefer. . . . 
Elam A. Parvin 


14, 62 Aug. 
Oct. 


Died at Snyder's Bluff, 

July M.. 20. 1863 

Mu.st'rd out .tune 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21. 65. 



COMPANY A. 



Captains. 

Asias Willison 

William W. Bishop. . 

First Lieutenants. 
WilUam W. Bishop. . 
Isaiah C. Worley. 
William M. Standard 
Second Lieutenants. 
Isaiah C. Worley. . . 
Howard Willison. . . 

First Sergeant. 
Wm. M. Standard. . . 

Sergeants. 
John Milburn 

Alonzo M. Cole 



Sidney R, Quigley. . , 
Henry C. Black 

Corporals. 
John Thompson 

Robert B. Evans, Jr. . 

John A. Chambers. . . 

Wm. C. Staten 

Chas. W. Fluke 

Perry Moranville. . . . 

Andrew Barrett 

Alexander Moranville, 

Musicians. 
Corneliu.i R. Jordan. . 
Thomas J. Piersol. . . 

Wagoner. 
William Weaver 

Privates. 
Arnett, Jo.seph N. . . . 
Anderson, John A. . . 
Alsbury. Levi 



Lewistown 
Lewistown 

Lewistown 

Lewistown 
Lewistown 

Liverpool . 

Liverpool. . 

Fulton Co. . 

Liverpool. . 
Lewistown 



Lewistown . 



Lewistown 

Liverpool. . 
Lewistown. 
Liverpool. . 



Oct. 
Oct. 

Oct. 
Oct. 
Jan. 

Oct. 
Oct. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



2, 62!Oct. 
18, 62 Oct. 



2, 62 
18, 62 
15, 65 

2, 62 
18, 62 

9, 62 

9, 62 

14, 62 



11,62 
7, 62 



9 62 

7 62 

12, 62 
3.62 
14 62 

11,62 
8, 62 
9,62 



14, 62 
22. 62 



Aug. 22, 62 



Aug. 
Aug. 



11. 62 
22. 62 



Oct. 
Oct. 
Mar. 

Oct. 
May 

Oct. 

Oct. 



18.62 

2. 62 
18, 62 
30, 65 

2, 62 
13, 63 

2, 62 

2, 62 



Oct. 



2. 62 



Oct. 2, 62 



Oct. 
Oct. 



2, 62 
2, 62 



Promteod Major 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Promoted 

Resigned Jan. 15, 1865. . . 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Promoted 

Discharged May 28,1864. 

Promoted 1st Lieutenant 

Killed at Mission Ridge, 
Nov. 25, 1863 

Reduced to ranks. Ab- 
sent at M. O. of Reg't. 
Unofficially reported 
disch 

Promoted Sergt. Major. 

Disch. Mar. 17, 63, as 
private; disability 

Killed at Mission Ridge, 

Nov. 25, 1863 

M. O. June 29, 65, as 1st 

Sgt 

M. O. June 21 , 65. a.s Sgt. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as 

private 

Died, Mem. Oct. 30. 63. 
Dis. Nov. 5. 63 ; disability 
M. O. June 21, 65, as- 

private 

Dis. Mar. 29 63 ; disabil. 

Must'rd out Mar. 10, 63, 

order of President 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O. June 21 , 65, as Cor. 
Must'rd out June 29, 65. 



263 



COMPANY X— Continued 



Name and Rank. 



Residence. 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Date 
of muster. 



Remarks. 



Barnhill, Wm. B. 



Beezley, Paul. . . 
Beezley, John M. 



Lewistown. 
Liverpool . 



Beckelshymer, Hez'ah 



Bird, William 

Bramble, George F. 
Berry, John 



Berry, Elliott 

Bishop, Thomas S. 

Cockrell, Nathan. . 



Lewistown. 
Fulton Co. 



Lewistown 



Aug. 8, 62 Oct. 
Aug. 9, 62 



Aug. 2, 62 



Clifford, Nelson ! 

] 

Covert, Robert i " 

Cozad, Joseph " 

Chambers, J. B " 

Chambers, George W. .' " 

Clark, Isaac B Liveroopl. . . 

Calhoun, Andrew Fulton Co. . 

Childers, James A. . . . Lewistown. 



Douglass, John. . . 
Day, Nathan L. . . 
Davis, George J. . 
Davis, Thornton. . 
Evans, Edward F. 
Ellis, James A. . . . 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 



4, 62 
22, 62 



9, 62 
11, 62 



Aug. 22, 62 

Aug. 13, 62 

Aug. 21, 62 

Aug. 13, 62 

Aug. 14, 62 



ElUs, I.saac 

Fitzgerald, William. . 
Guthrie, William. . . . 
Gustine, Samuel H. . . 

Hill, William 

Houston, O. P 

Harrison, John J. . . . 
Harn, Isaac 



Ham, William Jr. 



Harn, Jonathan. 

Harn, Erasmus. . 
Hunter, William. 
Hedge, Eder. . . . 



Hedge, Stephen B. . . 
Jennings, Nathan L. . 

Kruzan, Findley 

Living.ston, John 



Livingston, Jesse. . . 
Livingston, William. 



Lenhart, Isaiah. . . 
McCumber, Anson. 
McGhee, David. . . . 
Messplay, James. . . 
Osborn, George F. . 
Reaves, David H . . 



Liverpool. . 
Lewistown. 



Fulton Co. 



Liverpool. . 
Lewistown. 
Liverpool. . 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
.Aug. 



9, 62 
17, 62 
16, 62 
21, 62 

7. 62 

8, 62 



L ewistown . 



Liverpool . 

Fulton Co. 
Lewistown 



Aug. 22, 62 

Aug. 14, 62 

Aug. 22, 62 

Aug. 12, 62 

Aug. 9, 6 

Aug. 12, 62 

Aug. 1,62 

Aug. 20, 62 

Aug. 22, 62 



Aug. 21, 62 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



22, 62 
14, 62 
20, 62 

8, 62 

20, 62 

21. 62 

16, 62 

J. 62 

9, 62 
5,62 
3, 62 



2, 62 



Dis. June 26, 63, for pro- 
motion in Colored Reg. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died, Paducah, Sept. 10, 

63 

Died at Marietta, Ga., 

Aug. 23 64 ; wounds . . 
M. O. June 21 65, as Ser. 
Must'rd out May 16, 65. 
Confined at Dry Tortu- 

gas, for desertion. ; dis. 

with loss of pay 

Deserted Mar. 10, 1863 . . 
Killed at Mission Ridge, 

Nov. 25, 1863 

Died at Camp Sherman 

Miss., Aug. 23,63 

Tr. to Inv. Corps, gan. 

22, 64 

M. O. June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Mu.st'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Tr. to V. R. C. Apr. 28, 64 
Died, Memp., Feb. 9, 64. 
Died at Jackson, Tenn., 

Jan. 29,1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Deserted Mar. 10, 63. . . . 
DesteredMar. 10, 1863. . 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21 , 65. 
Died at Jackson, Tenn.,. 

Jan. 8,1863 

Dis. Mar. 17, 63; disabil. 

Deserted twice 

M. O. June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died at home, May 23, 63 
Deserted Mar. 10, 1863. 
Deserted Jan. 18, 1863.. 
Killed at Mission Ridge, 

Nov. 25 1863 

Died at Haynes' Bluff, 

Miss., June 25, 1863. . . 
Discharged Jan. 27, 65, as 

Serg't, disability 

Died at home. Sept 9, 63. 
Must'rd out June 22, 65 
Died at Jackson, Tenn., 

Mar. 30, 1863 

M.O.June 21, 66, as Cor. 
Must'rd out June 9, 65. 
Discharficed Mar. 29, 65. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as 

Serg't 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Killed before Atlanta, 

Ga. Aug. 15,1864 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Dis. Feb. 25, 64; disabih 
M.O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died at home, Dec. 31, 

1863 ; wounds 



264 



COMPANY ti..— Continued 



Name and Rank. 



Smith, Abram 

Smith, William C. . . . 
Summers, John W. . . 

Stone, Archibald. . . . 
Tooley, Josiah 

Tooley, Joshua 

Voris, Abraham 

Wells, Greenberry D. 

Wells, James II 

Wright, WiUiam M. . 

Wil.son, Howard 

Walker, John 

Recruits. 
Call, George 

Coakley, George W. . 

HiU, Robert W 

Henry, Levi E 

Jones, Thomas S. . . . 

Livingston, Isaac. . . . 
Moranville, Charles L 

Shaw, Amaziah 

Tipton, Samuel S. . . . 
Warfield, William. . . 



Residence. 



Fulton Co. . . 

Lewistown . . 

Bloomington 
Fulton Co. .- 

Lewistown . . 

Fulton Co. . . 

Lewistown . . 



Lewistown . . . 

Bernadotte. . . 

Lewistown. . . . 

Piatt Co., Ohio 
Lewistown . . . 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Aug. 8, 62 



Aug. 14, 62 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Mar. 

Nov. 

Mar. 

Oct. 
Mar. 

Aug. 
Mar. 



22, 62 
13,62 

7,62 

13.62 

5, 62 

14. 62 
14, 62 

20, 62 

21, 64 

8. 63 'Nov 

9. 64 Mar. 
30. 62'oct. 



Date 
of muster 



Oct. 2, 62 



iMar. 



21, 64 



20. 62 

21. 64 



Mar. 



Aug. 
Mar. 



Mar. 25, 64 



21, 64 

8, 63 

9, 64 

31, 62 
21, 64 

20, 62 

21. 64 



Mar. 25 64 



Remarks. 



Killed at Kenesaw. Mt., 

Ga.. June 27, 1864 

M. O. June 21, 65, as Cor. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as 

Serg't 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died at Jackson, Tenn.. 

Feb. 3. 1863 

Tr. to 40th 111.. June 

19,1865 

Died at Haynes' Bluff, 

Miss., July 13 63 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Deserted Mar. 10, 1863. 
Deserted Mar. 10, 1863. 
Promoted 2d Lieutenant. 
Deserted Mar. 10, 1863, 

Killed, Atlanta, Julv 28 

1864 " . 

Tr. to 40th. 111., June 19. 

1865 

Tr. to 40th 111.. June 19, 

1865 

Deserted Mar. 10, 1863. 
Killed at Kenesaw, Mt., 

Ga., June 27, 1864. . . . 
Di.'ich. Jan. 8, 65. disabiJ. 
Killed Atlanta, Aug. 19, 

1864 

Tr. to 40th 111.. June 19, 

1865 

Promoted Adjutant 

Killed at KenesawMt. 

Ga, June 27, 1864 



COMPANY B. 



Captains. 
Oramel D. Carpenter 
William Walsh 



George J. Wilkinson . 

Andrew Smith 

First Lieutenants. 
John S. Gardner 



William Wal.sh 

George J. Wilkinson. . 

Andrew Smith 

John M. Swartz 

Scrond Lieutfnaiits. 

William Wal.-<h 

Simoon B. Beer 

First Serycant. 

Simoon B. Beer 

Sergeants. 
James K. (i. Hibbard. 

Andrew Smith 

Klijah Lauman 



Allen W. Smith Fairview 



Ellisville. . . . 
Fairview. . . . 

Farmington. . 
Ellisville . . . 

Young Hick- 
ory. 

Fairview. . . . 
Farmington. . 
Ellisville. . . . 
Yg. Hickory. 

Fairview. . . . 
Yg. Hickory. 

Yg. Hickory. 

^'g. Hickory 
Ellisville . . . 



Oct. 
Apr. 



Oct. 
Feb. 
Apr. 
Nov. 
Sept. 

Oct. 
Feb. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Nov. 25. 63 
Sept. 23. 64 



2.62 

5, 63 

7. 63 

25, 63 

23, 64 

2, 62 
5. 63 



Aug. 14. 62 



14. 62 
22. 62 



Aug. 26, 62 



Oct. 2, 62 Resigned Apr. 7, 1863. . . 
Apr. 28, 63 1 Killed at Mission Ridge 

I Nov. 25, 1863 

Feb. 26, 64 Died Sept. 23 ,64 .wounded 
Sept. 24. 64 Mustered out June 21.65. 



Oct. 
Mar. 
Apr. 
Nov. 
Mar. 

Oct. 
Feb. 

Oct. 

Oct. 



2. 62 Resigned Feb. 5, 1863. 
2, 63 Promoted 
7, 63 

26, 63 

27, 65 



2, 62 
11.63 



2. 62 
2. 62 



Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Promoted 

Resigned Aug. 10. 1863. 

Promoted 2d Lieutenant. 

M. O.June 21, 65,aspriv 
Pjom. 1st Lieutenant. . . . 
Killed at Kenesaw Mt., 

June 28, 1864 

Died at LaGrange, Tenn., 

Mar. 19. 1863 



26s 



COMPANY IR.— Continued. 



Name and Rank. 



Corporals. 

Joseph Prosser 

William Hummell. . . 

Jacob W. Rist 

Christ B. Fisher 

Edward Hancock. . . . 

James A. Dailey 

Johnson Brunner .... 

Musiciajis. 
Henry E. Schaefer. . . 
Elam A. Parvin 

Wagoner. 
Alfred P. Potter 

Privates. 
Arringdale, Francis . . 
First Sergeant. 

Alms, Henry 

Alms, Andrew 

Anno, Henry 

Baker, James D 

Burrows, James 

Bowers, Joseph 

Bowers, Daniel 

Carpenter, John H. . .. 
Cunningham, Abrm'.H 

Cline, Louis 

Clark, Henry 

Darland, Benjamin M. 

Daily, John F 

Davis, Ebenezer 

EUiott, Cyrus 

Fisher, .John W 

Fisher, Joshua J 

Flowers, William B. . . 

Fry, Isaac 

Gladman, Thomas. . . . 
Glass, Uriah J 

Hall, Joshua 

Hummell, Samuel. . . . 

Haney, Henry 

Heartley William L. . 

Henry, John 

Heartley, John 

Hites, Thomas 

Jackson, Ira 

Kingsworth, John. . . . 

Kuhn, Conrad 

Kepler, Samuel 

Markly, John F 

Markly, Marian 

McClerg, John E 

McClerg, William 



Residence. 



Yg. Hickory 



Deerfield. . . 
Yg. Hickory 

Fairview. . . 
Maquon .... 

Ellisville. . . 

Union 

Yg. Hickory, 
Ellisville. . . 
Yg. Hickory, 

Ellisville . . . 

Orin 

Yg. Hickory 



Ellisville. . . . 
Yg. Hickory. 
Ellisville. . . . 
Yg. Hickory 



Lee 

Yg. Hickory 



EUisville 



Yg. Hickory. 
Union 



Yg. Hickory. 



Lee 

Yg. Hickory 



Eillsville 



Yg. Hickory 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Aug. 14, 62 



Aug. 20, 62 
Aug. 14, 62 



Aug. 14, 62 

Aug. 22, 62 

Aug. 20, 62 

Aug. 14, 62 



Aug. 21, 62 
Aug. 14, 62 
Aug. 14, 62 



Aug. 21. 62 
Aug. 14, 62 



Aug. 20, 62 
Aug. 14, 62 



Aug. 22, 62 

Aug. 14, 62 

Aug. 21, 62 

Aug. 14, 62 

Aug. 20. 62 

Aug. 14, 62 



Date 
of muster. 



Oct. 



Oct. 
Oct. 



Oct. 



2, 62 



Oct. 2, 62 



2, 62 
2, 62 



2, 62 



Remarks. 



Discharged May 2. 1863. 
Serg't, abs't, wounded at 
M. O. of Regiment. . . . 
Deserted Mar. 9, 1863. 
M. O.June 21, 65, as Sgt. 
M.O.June 21,65, as priv. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as Sgt. 
Tr. to Inv. Corps in 63. 

Appointed Prin. Musician 
Appointed Prin. Musician 

Must'rd out May 29, 65. 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out May 19, 65. 
Died at Camp Sherman, 

Miss., Aug. 27,63 

Deserted Apr. 13, 1863. . . 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Killed at Resaca, Ga. 

14, May 1864 

Died at Camp Sherman, 

Miss., Sept. 17,63 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Deserted Mar. 18, 63 ... . 
Killed at Mission Ridge, 

Nov. 25, 1863 

Died at home Sept. 22, 63 
Must'rd out June 15, 65. 
Discharged Mar. 10, 64. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O. May 22, 65, as Cor. 
1st Sergt. Trans, to Inv. 

Corps Apr. 5, 64 

M. O. May 30, 65; was 

pris 

Died Rome, Ga., Aug. 6, 

1864 

Abs't sick at M. O. of Reg 
Corp'l; absent, wounded 

at M. O. of Regiment. 
Tr. to 40th 111. Inf. June 

19, 1865 

M. O. June 21 , 65, as Cor. 
M. O. June 21, 65. as Cor. 
Discharged May 7, 1863. 

Died Dec. 20, 1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out July 14, 65. 
Discharged Mar. 9, 1863. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died at Camp Sherman 

Mi.ss., Aug. 24.63 

Died at LaGrange, Tenn.. 

Jan. 12,1863 

Died at .Jackson, Tenn., 

Mar. 6, 1863 

Deserted Apr. 13, 1863.. . 
M. O. May 30, 65; was 

prisoner 



266 



COMPANY B— Continued 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Name and Rank. 



Residence. 



Date 
of mu.ster. 



Remarks. 



Montgomery, George. . 

Montgomery, Adam. . . 
Montgomery, Rich. . . . 

Mantanya, Amos 

Mantanya, Sylvester . . 

Martin, Louis 

Norvill, Elisha 

Overman, Oscar 

Parker, AUen S 

Palmer, Archibald D. . 

Pratt, Thomas 

Pepitt, William 

Roberts, Joseph T. . . . 
Reed, William 

Swartz, Christ'pher M 

Swartz, Henry 

StobauRh, James 

Shoemaker, Abraham. 

Seward, Jasper J 

Smith, Joseph J 

Speer, John G 

See, Daniel 

Terry, William L 

Volmar Daniel 

Whiting, John E 

Whiting, Salathiel. . . . 
Wheeler, Joseph H. . . . 
Zerby, Wilham 

Recruits. 
Anno, James W 

Donney, Frank E 

Jamieson, Ezra 

Morris, P. W 

Reed, WiJliam 

Swartz. John W 



Deerfield 

Lee 



Yg. Hickory 



Aug. 2. 62 

Aug. 22. 62 

Aug. 20, 62 

Aug. 13.62 

Aug. 14. 62 



Union. 



Yg. Hickory. 
EUisville. . . . 



Yg. Hickory 



Deerfield. 



Canton. 
Union. . 



Yg. Hickory 
Deerfield. . . . 



Yg. Hickory 



Goodland. 



Henry. . 
Hickory. 



Galesburg. 



Oct. 16, 62 



Aug. 22. 62 
Aug. 14 62 



Aug. 22, 62 



Aug. 20, 62 

Aug. 14, 62 

Aug. 13, 62 

Aug. 14, 62 



Aug. 22, 62 

Dec. 15, 63 

Aug. 22, 62 

Feb. 10, 64 



Dec. 
Oct. 



15,63 
2, 62 



W'd'd, abs. at M. O. of 

Regiment 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Killed at Mission Ridge, 

Nov. 25. 1863 

Died at LaOrange, Tenn., 

Apr. 10, 1863 

Killed at Kenesaw Mt. 

June 27, 1864 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O. June 21. 65 as 

Sergeant 

M. O. June 21 , 65. as Cor. 
Died Memphis. Oct. 5, 63 
Killed at Griswoldville. 

Ga., Nov. 22,1864. . . . 
Deserted Apr, 13, 1865. 
Killed at Mission Ridge, 

Nov. 25, 1863 

Discharged Mar. 10, 64. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as 

Sergeant 

Must'rd June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Deserted Aug. 18, 1864. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Deserted Mar. 18, 1863. 
Died, Memphis, Jan. 18, 

1863 

Died Rome. Ga., July 10, 

1864 

Di.scharged Apr. 16, 63. 
Tr. to inv. Corps Sept. 

2,1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died at Jackson, Tenn. 

Feb. 2,1863 

Died at home Nov. 5, 63. 
M. O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Killed at Mission Ridge, 

Nov. 25,1863 

Ivilled at Kenesaw Mt. 
June 27, 1864 



Feb. 10, 64 



Chesney. 
Hickory. 



Died Memphis, June 19, 
1863 

Tr. 40th 111. Inf. June 20. 
1865 



Aug. 14. 62 



Oct. 2, 62 



Promoted 1st Lieutenant 



COMPANY C. 



Captaing. 














Sidney A. Stoekdale . . 


Canton 


Oct. 


2, 62 


Oct. 


2, 62 


Resigned Mar. 25. 65. . . . 


F. M. Taylor 


Farmington. . . 


May 


27, 65 


June 


9,65 


Must'rd out June 21, 65. 


First Lieutenants. 














Henr>' L. Nicolet 


Canton 


Oct. 


2,62 


Oct 


2, 62 


Resigned Mar. 6, 1863. . . 


William Wilkinson. .. . 


Farmington . . 


Mar. 


6.63 


Mav 


22, 63 


Re.signed Julv 11, 1864. 


Gorhani S. Chapin. . . . 


" . , 


May 


27.65 


June 


9. 65 


Must'rd out June 21, 65. 


Second Lieutenant. 














John S. .Smith 


Farmington. . . 


Oct. 


2,62 


Oct. 


2. 62 


Resigned April 3, 1865. . 


First Sergeant. 














John H. Harris 


Farmington. . . 


Aug. 


12, 62 


Oct. 


2, 62 


Discharged Feb. 16, 65. 



267 



COMPANY C— Continued 



Name and Rank. 



Sergeants. 
William Wilkinson. . 

Joshua M. Gibbs 

Alex. E. Wagstaff. . . 
Enos Kelsey 

Corporals. 
Joseph Parnham. . . . 
Henry S. Ingersoll . . 

George Stipp 

Francis M. Hurt 

Gorham S. Chapin. . . 
Russell J. Tanner. . . 

Samuel Spillman. . . , 

Musicians. 
Wash'n F. Randolph 
Robert E. Snyder. . . . 

Privates. 
Abbott, Joel 

Andrews, Josiah 

Armstrong, Gard. M. 
Ball. Edwin N 

Bailey, George L. . . . 

Bass, George W 

Baylor, Theodore. . . . 

Benson, William 

Benson, George 

Bevans, Robert E. . 
Blake, Samuel F 

Brown, Benjamin. . . . 

Beeson, Turner 

Cannen, Thomas. . . . 

Chapin, Ivory 

Cone, Joseph C 

Carrico, Harrison. . . 

Cook, James 

Couch, John S 

Dean, Stephen E. . . . 

Evans, John 

Evans, George W. . . . 

Evans, David W. . . . 

Evans, Philip F 

Ellis, Isaac N 

Griffin, David S 

Godley, William .. . . 
Gardiner, Benj. C. . . 
Green will, Robert. . . 

George, Samuel 

Garner, Ferdinand. . 
Giddings, William F. 
Greenslit, N. A 

Hackett, George M. . 
Hackett, Clayton S. . 
Horton, George W. . , 
Hart, George 



Residence. 



Farmington 
Canton . . . . 

Canton . . . . 
Farmington 



Canton 

Joshua 

Canton 

Joshua 

Fairview. . . 

Canton 

Buckhart. . 

Joshua 

Canton 

Buckhart. . 

Banner . . . . 

Farmington 

Banner 

Farmington, 
Buckhart. . 
Farmington 

Carrier. . . . 

Canton 

Joshua 

Canton 

Liverpool. . . 
Buckhart. . 

Liverpool . . 



Canton 

Orion 

Canton . . . . 

Farmington 

Trivoli 

Canton 

Buckhart . . 

Banner 

Farmington, 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



11,62 
6, 62 



Aug. 11, 62 



5, 62 
11, 62 

9, 62 
11,62 
15, 62 



Aug. 6, 62 



14, 62 
22, 62 



Aug. 13, 62 



12, 62 
7, 62 
9, 62 



Aug. 13. 62 



Aug. 14, 62 



12, 62 
14, 62 

11, 62 
15,62 

14, 62 

15, 62 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 14, 62 



12, 62 

13, 62 



11, 62 
13. 62 



Aug. 11,62 
Aug. 13. 62 



6, 62 

12, 62 

13, 62 
12, 62 

15, 62 

14, 62 
11, 62 

8, 62 



Aug. 11, 62 



Aug. 13, 62 



Date 
of muster. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Oct. 
Oct. 



2, 62 



2, 62 



62 



62 



Remarks 



Promoted 1st Lieut'n't. 
Discharged May 9, 1865. 

Transferred to Co. G 

M. O. June 21, 65, as Ist 
Sergeant 

M. O. May 30, 65, as Serg. 
Promoted Q. M. Serg't. 
Prom. Commissary Serg't 
M. O. June 21, 65, as priv 
Prom. 1st Lieutenant. 
Serg't; died at Marietta, 
Ga.. Aug. 21.64; w'n'd 
Deserted Dec. 15, 1862. 

Disch. April 8, 1864 

Disch. Mar. 17, 63, disabil 

Died at Jackson, Tenn., 

June 18, 1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as Ser. 
Tr. to Inv. Corps June 

28,1863 

M.O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 
M. O. June 21 , 65, as Serg 
Killed at Kenesaw Mt. 

June 27. 1864 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21 . 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died on I. C. R. R., Feb. 

4,1863 

Dis. Mar. 29. 63; disabil. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Dis. Oct. 19, 63; disabil. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 9, 65. 
Tr. to Inv. Corps Sept. 

20, 1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died, Andersonville pris., 

July 5, 64; Gr. 2936 . . . 
W'd'd abs. at M. O. of 

Regiment 

W'd'd abs. at M. O. of 

Regiment 

W'd'd; M. O. May 30. 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died Memphis Oct. 4, 63 . 
Died at home Aug. 31 , 63. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died Memphis Oct 10, 63. 
Died at Big Shanty, June 

28, 64; wounds 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Died at Mound City, 111., 

July 6, 63 ; wounds. . . . 



268 



COMPANY C— Continued. 







Date of 


Date 




Name and Rank. 


Residence. 


rank or en- 
listment. 


of muster. 


Remarks. 


Huckaby, John H. . . . 


Joshua 


Aug. 


6,62 


Oct. 2. 62 


Died at Jackson, Tenn., 
April 26. 1863 


Herr, Sheaff L 


Canton 


Aug. 


11. 62 


" 


Mu.st'rd out June 21, 65. 


Lee, Joseph F 


Banner 


Aug. 


11. 62 


" 


Died Aug. 14, 1863 


Lee. WiUiam R 










Died at LaGrange, Tenn., 
June 10, 1863 


Lewis. Henry N 


" 




" 


" 


Abs. sick, M. O. of Reg't. 




*» 


Aug. 


12, 62 


" 














June 10, 1863 


Louis, Elijah 


" 


Aug. 


14.62 


" 


Died at Cairo Feb. 4, 64. 


Little. Robert V 


Farmington. .. 


Aug. 


12.62 


" 


Must'rd out June 21, 65. 


Lawrence, Amos B. . . . 


Canton 


Aug. 


11. 62 


" 


Must'rd out June 21, 65. 


Moore, William W 


Farmington. . . 


Aug. 


16. 62 


" 


M. O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 


Marshall, Robert R. . . 


Salem 


Aug. 


11, 62 


" 


Dis. June 27, 64; disabil. 


McKissick, John 


" 


Aug. 


23, 62 


" 


M.O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 


McGraw, John 


Fulton Co. . . . 


Aug. 


12.62 


" 


Deserted Aug. 1, 1863. . . 


Marvel, Robert 


Joshua 




" 


'* 


Dis. Jan. 19, 63; disabil. 








11, 62 


<< 


Dis. May 30, 63; di.sabil 


Roatson, Joseph 


Farmington. .. 






" 


Tr. to Inv. Corps, Jan. 
10,1865 


StockUale, Albert 


Canton 


Aug. 


15, 62 


" 


Must'rd out June 21, 65. 


Stewart, Richard S. . . 


Jubilee 


Aug. 


12,62 




Died at Robin's Nest. 
111., Sept. 8,63 


Sly. William H 


Banner 


Aug. 


11.62 




Tr. to V. R. C, Mar. 16. 

1865 


Smith. William A 


Farmington . . 




" 


" 


MO. June 21, 65, as Serg 




Canton 


Aug. 
Aug. 


15, 62 
12, 62 


« 


Must'rd out June 21, 65. 


Sebree. St. Clair S. . . . 


Must'rd out June 21, 65. 


Sandford, Charles W. . 





Aug. 


15,62 




Died at Eastport. Ga.. 
Oct. 1.1864 


Taylor, Francis M. . . . 


Farmington. .. 


Aug. 


22, 62 


" 


Prom. 1st Sgt. then Cpt. 


Thorpe, Burton H. . . . 


Canton 


Aug. 


13.62 


" 


Must'rd out June 20. 65. 


Vandersloot, Albert L 


Farmington . . 


Aug. 


11. 62 


" 


Diseh. Aug. 8. 1865 


Veeraan, Charles A. . . 


" . . 


Aug. 


12.62 


" 


M.O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 


Verden, Jacob 


" . . 


Aug. 


7, 62 


" 


Deserted June 3, 1863. . . 


Welch, Hosea W 


Canton 


Aug. 


11. 62 


" 


Dis. May 4, 63; disabil. 


Wilkinson, George J. . 


Farmington . . 




" 


" 


Promoted Serg't Major. 


Westerfield. Gary A. . . 




Aug. 


20, 62 




Tr. to Inv. Corps, Oct. 
23,1863 


Zuck, Daniel 


" 


Aug. 


11, 62 


" 


M. O. June 22, 65, as Cor. 


Zuck, William 


" 






" 


Must'rd out June 21, 65. 


Recruits. 












Adams, William J. . . . 


Farmington. . . 


Jan. 


26.65 


Jan 26, 65 


Must'rd out June 5, 65. 








*• 


" 


Tr to 40th 111 June 19 












1865 


Cordner, Thomas J. . . 










Tr. to 40th 111., June 19 
1865 


Dean, William F 


Canton 


Oct. 


1, 62 


Oct. 2, 62 


M. O. June 21, 65, as Cor. 


Ellis, Newton 


" 


Oct. 


8, 62 


" 


Must'nl out May 13, 65. 


Hctlierington. Jacob. . 


Farmington . . 


Apr. 


29, 64 


Apr. 29, 64 


Tr. 40th 111., June 19,65. 


Mendeiihall. Charles C 


" . . 


Jan. 


26. 65 


Jan. 26, 65 


Tr. 40th 111., June 19, 65. 


McLain, John 


" . . 


Jan. 


16. 65 


.Tan. 16, 65 


Tr. 40th 111.. June 19,65. 


Ralston, William D. . . 


" 


Jan. 


26. 65 


Jan. 26. 65 


Tr, 40th 111., June 19, 65. 


Ralston, James C 






" 


" 


Tr. 40th 1. 11, June 19,65. 


Sanders. General Lee. . 


Banner 


Oct. 


4. 62 


Oct. 2, 62 


Discharged Jan. 8, 65. 


Thomas, James B 


Farmington . . 


Nov. 


10, 63 


Nov. 10, 63 


Died at Marietta, Ga. . 
Aug. 5, 1864; wounds. 


Whitaker. John C 


" 


Jan. 


26, 65 


Jan, 26, 66 


Tr. 40th 111, June 19 65, 


Walling. Eli 




Aug. 


22 62 


Oct ■' 62 












Oct. 15,1864. . . .'....! 



269 

COMPANY D. 



Name and Rank. 



Captains. 

John S. Wyckoff 

M. V. D. Voorhees. 
First Lieutenants. 
Benjamin ¥. Wyckoff. 

Isaac McBean 

M. V. D. Voorhees 

Lawrence P. Blair. . . , 

Ralph L. Neefus 

Second Lieutenants. 

Lsaac McBean 

M. V. D. Voorhees. . . . 

First Sergeant. 
M. V. D. Voorhees. . . . 

Sergeants. 
Archibald McCrea. . . , 



John Hughes 

Lawrence P. Blair. . 

Allen D. Rose 

Corporals. 
Chas. B. Edmonson. 



Cornelius W. Prall . . 
Ralph L. Neefus. . . . 

Robert E. Gick 

Peter D. Dilts 

Henry R. Suydam . . 

John W. Bowen. . . . 

Musicians. 
George M. Woodley. 

Wm. W. Warner. . . . 

W agoner . 
Joseph L. Cyphers. . 

Privates. 
Alpaugh Charles. . . 

Alward, George W. . 

Anderson, Lewis. . . . 

Atherton, Robert C. 

Beam, George 

Beaver, Martin L. . . 
Biakeslee, G. W. . . . 
Botkin, Marcellus.. . 
Botkin, Elnathan. . . 

Botkin, Asa J 

Buck, Sidneys 

Burson, George 

Brown, Simon V. . . . 
Bye, George J 

Corey, Stephen A. . . 
Cyphers, John W . . . 
Camman, Theodore. 
Dilts, Herman H. . . 

Dilts, Charles J 

Dilts, James 



Residence. 



Fairview 

Joshua. . 
Fairview 



Joshua. . 
Fairview, 

Fairview 

Fairview 



Deerfield. 



Fairview 



Peoria. . . 

Fairview. 

Fairview. 

Fairview. 

Canton. . 

Fairview. 

Deerfield. 

Fairview. 

Jo.shua 
Fairview 



Canton. 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Oct. 
Apr. 

Oct. 
Apr. 
June 
Apr. 
July 

Oct. 
Apr. 



2, 62 
20, 64 

2, 62 

7, 63 

22, 62 

20, 64 

28, 64 

2, 62 
7, 63 



Aug. 13, 62 
Aug. 13, 62 



Aug. 13, 62 



Sept. — , 62 

Aug. 13, 62 

Aug. 13, 62 

Aug. 13, 62 

Aug. 14, 62 

Aug. 13, 62 



Aug. 22, 62 
Aug. 13 62 



Date 

of muster. 



Oct. 
July 

Oct. 
May 
Oct. 
July 
Aug. 

Oct. 
May 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Oct. 



Oct. 
Oct. 



20, 



62 Resigned Apr. 20, 1864. 
64 Must'rd out June 21. 65. 



Resigned Apr. 7, 1863. 
Resigned June 22. 1863. 

Promoted 

Kil'd in battle July 22, 64 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 



Oct. 2, 62 



2, 62 



2, 62 



2, 62 



Remarks. 



Promoted. 



Prom. 2d Lieutenant. . . . 

Died at Andersonville, 
pris. Aug. 6, 64. Gr. 
4850 

Prom. Hospital Steward. 

Prom. 1st Lieutenant. 

Must'rd out June 21. 65. 

Serg't. trans, to V. R. C. 

Apr. 10, 1864 

Died at Cairo, Feb. 1, 63. 
Prom. 1st Lieutenant. 
M. O. June 21 ,65 as Serg. 
Died at Jackson, Tenn., 

Feb. 18, 1863 

Died at Benton Barracks, 

Mo., Dec. 31, 1863. . . . 
M. O. June 21 ,65. as Serg. 

Disch. Apr. 16, 63, as 

priv.; disability 

Dis. Jan. 18, 65; disabil. 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Died at home Sept. 16, 
1863 

Died at Camp Sherman, 
Miss., Aug. 11,63 

Corp'l ; kil'd at Griswolds- 
ville, Ga., Nov. 22, 64. 

Serg't. ; abs't. wounded 
at M. O. of Regiment. 

Died at Mound City. Aug. 
20, 63 ; wounds 

Must'rd out June 21, 1865 

Must'rd out June 21. 65. 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Died Ander's'n'v'lle pris., 
Oct. 18, 64;Gr. 11,985. 

Tr. V. R. C. Feb. 13, 65- 

Prom. 1st Asst. Surg. . . . 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Dis. Sept. 6, 63, disabil. 

Died at Marietta Ga., 
Sept. 3,1864 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Dis. Aug. 23. 63. as Corp. 

Corp.; died Camp Sher- 
man. Miss. Aug. 3. 63 

Died at Jackson. Miss. 
July 20. 1863 

M.O.June 21. 65. as Cor. 



270 



COMPANY D— Continued 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Name and Rank. 



Residence. 



Date 
of muster. 



Remarks. 



Ditmars, Richard L. . . 
Dyckman, Cliarles. . . . 

Dailey, George 

Dilts, Jacob 

Foster, Richard 

Foster, Humphrey. . .. 

Gick, Henry 

Goodell, Hiram 

Gronendyke, Will 

Hagaman, Abram W . 
Hagaman, Garrett V . 
Hagaman, John T. . . . 

HaU, Edward E 

Hall, Peter 

Hall, William 

HiUpot. Hugh F 

Huff, Christopher 

Huff, Lewis D 

Johnston, Jacob 

Johnston, William C. . 
Kellogg, Samuel H. . . . 

Little, James 

Merriam, Syms A 

Moore, Simon 

Montgomery, William 
Moore, George J 

Moore, Caleb F 

Polhemus, John 

Razee, James R 

Reihm, Philip 

Roberts, Paxon 

Rook, Philip 

Snodgrass, Robert. . . . 
Stines, William R. . . . 

Stines, Jacob P 

Sweeney, Gresham. . . . 

Sweglc, John W 

Taylor, George W. . . . 

Vail Jasper 

Vanarsdale, Peter V.D 

Voorhees, Peter 

Voorhees, Richard D. 
Walsh, Daniel 

Winters, James 

Wyckoff, JohnG 

Recruila 
Blakeslee, Charles H. . 
Moorehead, William 



Fairview. 
Deerfield . 



Joshua. . 

Farmington 

Fairview 



Cass. 



Fairview 



Yg. Hickory 
Fairview 



Fairview 
Deerfield. 



Fairview 



Joshua . 



Fairview 
Deerfield. 
Fairview 



Yg. Hickory 

Kairview 
Farmington 

Fairview 



Joshua . 



Aug. 13, 62 



Oct. 



2, 62 



Sept. 
Aug. 



13 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Fairview. 
Maquon. 



Sept. 
Aug. 



Nov. 13. 63 



Nov. 13, 63 



Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Dis. Sept. 30, 64, as Corp. 

wounds 

Tr. to V. R.CMay 1,64 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Corp'l ; trans, to V. R. C, 

May 1,1864 

Dis. May 4, 63, disabil. 
Dis. Apr. 16, 63; disabil. 
Died Memphis, Dec. 18, 

1863 

Dis. Sept. 6, 63; disabil. 
Dis. Oct. 28, 63; disabil. 
M. O. June 21 , 65, as Cor. 
Dis. Dec. 28, 63; disabiL 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Corp. di'd in And'rs'n- 

ville pris., Nov. 5, 64. 

Gr. 11,833 

Accid't'l'y kil'd May 11, 

1865 

Tr. to V. R. C. May 1,64. 
M. O. May 30, 65 ; was pr. 
M.O.June 21, 65, was Cor. 
Mu.st'rd out June 21, 65 . 
Died at home Aug. 30, 64 
Corp. kil'd at Griswolds- 

ville, Ga., Nov. 22, 64. 
Dis. Sept. 6, 63; disabil. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
M.O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Died at Marietta, Ga., 

Sept. 15, 1864 

Corp'l.; died at Swinton, 

Ga.,Nov. 25,64;w'd's. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as 1st 

Sergeant i-» 

Deserted Mar. 23, 1863. 
Must'rd out May 18, 65. 
Dis. Sept. 6, 63; disabil. 
Mu.st'rd out June 21, 65. 
M.O. June 21 ,65. as Mus'n. 
M. O. May 30. 65 ; was pr. 
MO. June 21. 65, as Cor. 
Died at Scottsboro, Ala., 

Apr. 12. 1864 

M, O. June 21. 65. as Cor. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Died at .lackson. Tenn.. 

Feb. 16. 1863 

M. O.June 21. 65, as Cor. 
Dis. Mar. 28, 63; disabil. 

Dis. Feb. 24. 65; wounds. 
Dismissed May 15. 63; ir- 
regularly mustered. . .. 



271 



COMPANY E. 



Name and Rank. 



Captain. 

Franklin C. Post 

First Lieutenants. 
William S. Johnson. 

Charles H. Suydam. 

Second Lieutenant. 
Charles H. Suydam. 

First Sergeant. 
Benjamin F. Wood. 



Sergeants. 
Christ. C. Bowman. . 

Douglas M. McCann. 



Wesley S. Low. 



Abraham DeClerk. . . 

Corporals. 
Charles W. Thompson 
William H. Jackson. . 
William Shaw 



Jones B. Fletcher. 



Joseph T. Crawford . . . 
J. A. VanMeddleworth 

Lemuel Shook.s 

Henry F. Castle 



Musician. 
Angelo Thompson. 

Privates. 
Addis, Simon P. . . 
Anten, Joseph R. . 
AbbJ^ James D. . . . 
Brown, Lyman P. . 



Baylor, Washington. 
Breese, Watson. . . . 
Bleese, Noah 



Breese, Orin 

Beasley, Thomas, Sr. 
Beasley, Thomas, Jr. 
Brandon, Parker. . . . 



Broadrick, William. 

Carver, Ira C 

Cockrell, Roswell . . , 

Corwin, James 



DeWitt, David S. 
Downs, William. , 



Edwards, David. . .. 
Frederick, Jacob G. 
Fitzgerald, Haman. 

Fast, Omri 



Residence. 



Canton. 
Canton. 
Orion. . 



Orion. . . . 
Buckhart. 



Putnam . 
Banner . 



Putnam . 
Canton . 



Orion. 



Canton. 
Banner 



Orion. 



Banner. . . 
Monterey. 
Banner. . . 
Monterey. 

Buckhart. 
Banner . . 



Orion' 



Putnam . 
Banner. , 
Orion. . . 



Putnam . 



Banner 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Oct. 
Oct. 

Apr. 

Oct. 
Aug. 



2, 62 

2, 62 

11, 65 

2, 62 

4, 62 



Aug. 4, 62 



Aug. 4, 62 



Aug. 
Aug. 



4, 62 
4, 62 



Date 
of muster. 



Oct. 2, 62 
Oct. 2, 62 
Not must'rd 

Oct. 2, 62 
Oct. 2, 62 

Oct. 2, 62 



Oct. 2 62 



Remarks. 



Oct. 2, 62 



Oct. 



2, 62 



Honorably discharged. 
June 21. 1865 

Prom. Captain Co. I, but 
not mustered 

Resigned Apr. 9, 65; 2cl 
Lieutenant 

Promoted 

Red'd to Sgt.; died at 
Snyder's Bluff, M. 
July 9, 1863 

M. O. June 20, 65, as 1st 
Sergeant 

On det'c'h'd duty as Ord- 
nance Sgt. at M. O. of 
Regiment 

Killed at Mission Ridge, 
Nov. 25, 1863 

M. O. July 21 , 65, as priv. 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O. June 12, 65, as Sgt. 
Died at Camp Sherman, 

Mi.^s., Aug. 20. 1863. . . 
Killed at Mission Ridge, 

Nov. 25, 1863 

Abs. sick at M. O. of Reg. 
Abs. sick at M. O. of Reg. 
Det c'h'd at M. O. of Reg. 
Priv. ; di'il AndersonviUe 

pris. June 11, 64. Gr. 

1844 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

M. O. June 21 , 65, as wag. 
M.O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 

Di.sch. Mar. 7, 1865 

Died at Cleveland, Tenn., 

Feb. 3,1865 

M, O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Abs. sick at M. O. of Reg. 
Died at LaGrange, Tenn. 

Apr. 10,1863 

Died at LaGrange, Tenn., 

Nov. 18, 1862 

Disch. Mar. 16,1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Di'd M'nd City, Aug. 17 

1862 

Must'rd out June 22, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Kil'd at Mission Ridge, 

Nov. 25,1863 

Died at Camp Sherman, 

M., Sept. 21, 1863 

Died at home Sept. 22, 63. 
Killed at Mission Ridge 

Nov. 23,1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Abs. sick at M. O. of Reg. 
Killed at Mission Ridge, 

Nov. 25, 1863 vn 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 



272 



COMPANY n.— Continued. 



Name and Rank. 



Residence 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Date 
of muster. 



Remarks. 



Glothen, Charles.. 
Gosham, Sumner. 
Gibson, William. . 



Hill. John W 

Hiller, Frederick. 



Mills, Benjamin F. 



Ovitt, Daniel 

Purcell, Edward. . .. 
Patterson, Andrew.. 
Rogers, John W . . . . 



Ruey. Henry G. 



Rube, Andrew. . . 
Reamy, Daniel. . . 
Reamy, John. . . . 
Romine, Thomas. 



Richardson, Henry. . 
Robinson, Isaac. . . . 
Roberts, Joseph N. . 

Smith, Thomas K. . . 
Swan, Joseph F. . . . 
Stephenson, Samuel. 

Spencer, Samuel. . . . 



Strickland, John.. . . 
Spencer, William. . . 
Tompkins, Asahel C. 



Tarr, Joseph .... 
Wages, Jacob. . . 
Wages, Isaac. . . . 
Wages, James. . . 
Williams, Henry. 



Wilson, Simeon. . . 
WiLson, Charles. . . 
Weaver, George H. 
Webb, Isaac 



Weed, Ivory P. . . . 
Webster. Alpheus. . 
Watts, Converse Y. 

Recruits. 
Bagley, Henry. . . . 
Blair, Andrew J. . . 

Foutz, David 

Fitipatrick, John. . 
HurfT. Augustus. . . 
McCann, Thomas. . 
Weaver, James W. . 



Canton. . 
Putnam . 
Banner. 



Lewistown. 
Banner. . . . 



Huston, John 

Jarnagen, Alfred 

Johnson, William W. . 
Krims, Solomon W. . . 

Maulsby, Lawson 

Maloon, William 

Maloon, Samuel 



McKinley, John. 



Canton. . 
Utica. . . 
Putnam . 
Banner . 



Putnam. 
Banner. 
Putnam. 
Orion . . 



Banner 

Farmington 

Banner 



Putnam . 
Banner. . 
Canton . 



Orion. . . 
Putnam. 



Banner 



Banner 



Canton 
Banner 



Canton 
Banner 



Putnam. 
Canton. . 



Oanton. 



Aug. 4, 62 



Oct. 2, 62 



Canton 

South Pekin. 
F^Imwood. . . 

Canton 

Bethel 



Oct. 
Mar. 
Oct. 
Aug. 
Apr. 



12, 62 
9, 62 
20, 62 

4, 62 

5, 65 



Disch. Apr. 16.1863 

M. O.June 21, 65, as Sgt. 
Tr. to Inv. Corps Sept. 

20,1863 

Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Died Nashville July 19. 

1864 

Abs. sick at M. O. of Reg. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
MO. June 21, 65, as Cor. 

Disch. Sept. 4,1863 

Tr. Inv. Corps Sept. 20, 

1863 

Died at W^aterford, Miss. 

Dec. 24, 1862 

Killed at Atlanta, Aug. 

4,1864 

Must'rd out June 21, 65 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died, Memphis, Mar. 15, 

1864 

Corp'l.; tr. to V. R. C, 

Jan. 20, 1865 

Disch. May 7, 1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd Out June 21, 65. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as 1st 

Sergeant 

Must'rd out June 23, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Abs. without leave since 

June 16, 1865 

Discharged Nov. 7, 63. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Tr. Inv. Corps, Aug. 8, 

1864 

lied at Kenesaw Mt.. 

June 15. 1864 

Died Jan. 24, 1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died, Memphis, Oct. 27. 

1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Discharged Feb. 7, 1865. 
Discharged May 16. 1863. 
Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Killed near Kenesaw Mt., 

June 27. 1864 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 2, 65. 
Must'rd out May 11. 65. 
Died at Jackson, Miss., 

July 18.1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Discharged May 30. 63. 



Tr. to 40th m. Inf. 



Oct. 
Apr. 



2, 62 
5, 65 



Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Tr. to 40th 111. Inf 



273 

COMPANY F. 



Name and Rank. 



Ca-ptaina. 
William Vandevander . 

Bernard Kelly 

Jareil Vooihees 

First Lieutenants. 

Bernard Kelly 

James H. Bailey 

Jared Voorhees 

Henry H. Orendorff. .. 

Second Lieutenants. 

William Mellor 

James H. Bailey 

First Sergeant. 

David A. Snyder 

Sergeants. 

Jared Voorhees 

William Griggsby 

Joshua Ellis 

David Maxwell 



Canton City. . 

Cuba 

Farmers 



Corporals. 
William Walters. 
Hazel Putnam. . 



Daniel Walters. . 
George W. Moss. 



John Swearingen. . . 
Whitfield Bennett. 
Andrew J. Justice. . . 
David Cramflet 



Brice, Thomas A. 
Buck, Charles. . . 



Coleman, Moses. 



Deary, Edmund. . . 
Dowler, William. .. 
DeGroff, Henry. . . 
Douglas, Samuel. . . 
Ellsworth, John W. 
Everly, William J. . 



Residence. 



Cuba 

Vermont. 
Farmer.s. 
Orion. . . . 



Vermont. 
Canton. . 



Oct. 
Apr. 
Oct. 

Oct. 
Apr. 
June 
Apr. 

Oct. 
Oct. 



Fulton Co. 

Cuba 

Vermont. . 
Cuba 



Fulton Co. . . . 

Barne's Grove 

Cuba 



Vermont. . . . 

Canton 

New Salem. . 
Marietta 



Musicians. 

William A. Smith Bushnell. 

William E. Cooper. 

Wagoner. 
Erastus McQueen. . 

Privates. 
Andrew, David D. . 

Augustine, Michael. 



McDonough. 
Bernadotte. . 



Cuba. 



Barker, Charles E. . . . 
Bayless, Franklin J. . . 



Buck, .Joseph H. . . . 

Buck, Joseph 

Brinton, Edward D. 

Buley, Major 

Baughman, Samuel. 
Barker, Warren. . . . 
Bailey, James M. . . . 
Campbell, Joseph. . . 



Canton. 



Marietta Aug. 

Fulton Co. . . . Aug. 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 



Cass. 



Bushnell 

Fulton Co. 
Marietta. . . 
Bushnell. . 
Fulton Co. 
Vermont. . 
Utica 



Coleman. 

Vermont. 
Marietta. 
Cuba. . . . 
Vermont. 
Joshua . . 
Canton . 



Date 
of muster. 



2, 62 
10, 63 
13, 64 

2, 62 
10, 63 
27, 64 
20, 65 

2, 62 
18, 62 



Oct. 



Aug. 11,62 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



12, 62 

14, 62 
11, 62 

15, 62 



14, 62 
11, 62 



Mar. 

Oct. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
May 

Oct. 
Oct. 

Oct. 

Oct. 



Aug. 14, 62 



Aug. 11,62 
Aug. 13, 62 
Aug. 11,62 



18, 62 
21, 62 

14, 62 

12, 62 

11, 62 



15, 62 
14, 62 



19, 62 

8, 62 

11, 62 

14, 62 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 11.62 



Aug. 20, 62 
Aug. 11,62 



Oct. 

Oct. 
Oct. 



Oct. 



22,62 
12, 62 
22, 62 
11, 62 



2, 62 
27 ,65 

2, 62 

1, 63 
24, 64 
20, 65 

2, 62 
18, 62 

2, 62 

2, 62 



Oct. 2. 62 



2, 62 



2,62 
2,62 



Remarks 



2, 62 



Resigned Apr. 10, 1863. . 
Discharged Oct. 13, 64 
Must'rd out June 21, 65 

Promoted 

Kil'd in battle June 27 , 64 

Promoted 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Prom. Quartermaster.. . . 
Promoted 

Dis. Aug. 10, 64; wounds. 

Prom. 1st Lieutenant. . . . 

Died Dec. 3, 63; wounds. 

Dis. Mar. 16, 63; di.sabil. 

1st Sgt.; died near Sa- 
vannah, Ga. Dec. 18, 
1864 

M. O.June 21, 65, as Sgt. 
Dis. June 5, 63, as priv.; 

disability 

Died at Camp Sherman, 

Mi.ss., Sept. 19, 1863. 
Killed at Kenesaw Mt., 

June 27, 1864 

M. O. June 21, 65, as pr. 
Dis. Mar. 28, 63; disabil. 
M. O.June 21, 65, as Sgt. 
Reduced to ranks; died 

at Memphis Sept. 28, 

1863 

Dis. Sept. 5, 63; disabil. 
Dis. Jan. 30, 64; disabil. 

Must'rd out June 21 65. 

Died, Jackson, T.. Feb. 

24,1863 

Corp'l. ; kil'd at Mission- 
ary Ridge, T., Nov. 25. 

1863 

Deserted Jan. 16, 1863. 
Corp'l.; kil'd at Atlanta, 

Ga., July 22, 1864 

M. O. June 21, 65, as Sgt. 
Died at Jackson, Tenn., 

Jan. 24,1863 

Must'rd out June 21 65., 
M. O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Dis. Mar. 22, 65; di.sabil. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Abs. sick at M. O. of Reg. 
Promoted 2d Lieutenant. 
Died at Jackson, Tenn., 

Mar. 3, 1863 

Dietl Memphis Nov. 12, 

1863 

Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Died, Memphis, Oct. 6, 63 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out .June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65 
M.O.June 21, 65, as Cor" 



274 



COMPANY P— Continued 







Date of 






Name and Rank. 


Residence. 


rank 


oren- 


Date 


Remarks. 






listment. 


of muster. 




EUis, Henry C 


Canton 


Aug. 


22, 62 


Oct. 2, 62 


Discharged Feb. 24. 1863. 


Fordyce. John F 


Vermont 


Aug. 


15, 62 


" 


Dis. Apr. 16, 63; disabil. 


Frizzle, Joshua 


Bernadotte. . . 


Aug. 


18, 62 


" 


MO. June 21. 65, as Cor. 


Fisher, Wilson 


Canton 


Aug. 


11, 62 


" 


Promoted Q. M. Serg't. . . 


Gosnell, Wesley L. . . . 


" 




" 


" 


Dis. Mar. 16, 63; disabil. 


Guthrie, Francis M. , . 


Vermont 


Aug. 


21, 62 


" 


Died, Cairo, HI, Jan. 3U 

1863 

Tr, to Inv. C'ps. Sept. 


Grove, John 


Marietta 


Aug. 


11. 62 


" 




22,1863 


Gibson, William 


Canton 


Aug. 


20, 62 


" 


Must'rd out June 12, 65.. 


Glimpse, Spencer S. . . 


Vermont 


Aug. 


11, 62 


'* 


Deserted Mar. 11, 1863. 


Haskin, Charles V. . . . 


Fulton Co. . . . 


Aug. 


14, 62 


" 


Must'rd Out June 21, 65, 


Hale, James M 


" 


Aug. 


11. 62 


" 


Died May— , 1863 


Hoar, William B 


Cuba 


Aug. 


20, 62 


" 


Must'rd out June 21, 65. 


Harper, Matthew 


Marietta 


Aug. 


17, 62 


" 


M.O. June 21, 65, as Cor. 


Holler, William 


Bushnell 


Aug. 


12, 62 


" 


M. O. June 21, 65, as Cor. 


Johnson, Berlin 


Canton 


Aug. 


10, 62 


" 


Must'rd Out .June 21, 65. 


Lermond, Frank 


" 


Aug. 


14. 62 


" 


Promoted Serg't. Major. 


Lawrence, William D. 


" 


Aug. 


11. 62 


" 


Must'rd out June 29, 65. 


Loveland, William.. . . 


. Fulton Co . . . 


Aug. 


14, 62 


" 


Died Memphis Oct. 1,63. 


Lowe, Moses 


Bainbridge . . . 


Aug. 


11, 62 




Died at Altanta, Ga. 
July 23. 64; wounds. 


Levis, George H 


Vermont 


Aug. 


22, 62 




Died at Rome, Ga., Oct. 
18, 64; wounds 


Moss, Joseph H 


Cuba 


Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 


14, 62 
12, 62 
11, 62 

15. 62 


-; 


Must'rd out June 21, 65. 


Mayo, David 


Vermont 

Marietta 

Utica 


M. O. June 21 , 65, as Sgt. 


Miller, Joel J 


Dis Jan 27 65' disabil 


Manning, Joseph A. . . 


Died at LaGrange, Tenn., 












May 31 1863 


McDonnell, Wm. H.. 


Fulton Co. . . . 


Aug. 


12. 62 


" 


Must'rd out May 27, 65. 


Orendorff, H. H 


Orion 


Aug. 


20. 62 


" 


Dis. May 19, 65, as Sgt., 
for prom, as 1st Lieut. 


Orendorfif, John W. . . . 


Banner 




" 


" 


Dis. May 28. 64; wounds. 


Points, Daniel 


Canton 




" 


" 


Dis. Mar. 16. 63; di.sabil. 


Prickard, Gilford 


Putnam 


Aug. 


15, 62 




Abs. sick at M. O. of Reg. 


Prichard, Simeon 


Canton 


Aug. 


22, 62 




Dis. Aug. 15. 64; disabil. 


Post, William 


McDonough. . . 




" 


" 


Must'rd out June 21. 65. 


Rumsey, John P 


Canton 




" 


" 


Dis. May 6. 63; disabil. 


Rockhold, Samuel W.. 


Banner 




" 


" 


M. 0. June 21. 65. as Sgt. 


Rea, Samuel G 


Fulton Co. . . . 


Aug. 


13,62 


" 


Died at Allattoona. Ga., 
June 21, 64; wounds. . . 


Spry, John 


Cuba 


Aug. 


14, 62 


" 


Abs. sick at M. O. of Reg. 


Stuart, Jacob 


Fulton Co. . . . 




" 


" 


Abs. sick at M. 0. of Reg. 


Stephens, Merriam. . . . 


Cuba 


Aug. 


20, 62 


" 


Dis. June 7, 64; disabil. 


Taylor, George W 


Vermont 


Aug. 


18,62 


" 


Corp.; deserted Nov. 12, 


White, Elijah 


Cuba 




.. 


<. 


1864 

M. O.June 21. 65. as Cor. 


Wise, John 


Canton 


Aug. 


20, 62 


" 


Mu.st'rd out June 21. 65. 


Ware, John N 


Vermont 


Aug. 


15,62 


*' 


Died at Chattanooga, 
Nov. 21. 63; wounds. .. 


Walters, Jo.«eph S. . . . 


Fulton Co. . . . 


Aug. 


11, 62 


" 


Must'rd out June 21. 65. 


Wheeler, Samuel 


" 


Aug. 


13, 62 


" 


Must'rd out June 21, 65. 


Walters, Marion 


" 


Aug. 


22, 62 


" 


M. O.June 21. 65, as Cor. 


Recruits. 












Brown, Franklin 


Canton 


Feb, 


15, 64 


Feb. 15, 64 


Tr. to 40th 111. Inf 


Caves, Samuel E 


" 


Feb. 


8. 64 


Feb. 8, 64 


Tr. to 40th 111. Inf 


Dcgroff, John 


" 


Jan. 


24, 64 


Jan. 24, 64 


Tr. to 40th 111. Inf 


Eskcridge, James T. . . 


Lewistown. . . . 


Feb 


8, 64 


Feb. 8, 64 


Dis. Mar. 31 , 65 ; wounds. 


Harwick, Oscar 


Fulton Co. . . . 


Oct. 


10, 62 


Oct. 10 62 


Deserted June 5, 1863. . . 


Miller, George E 


Cuba 


Aug. 


22, 62 


Oct. 2, 62 


Dis. Apr. 20, 63; disabil. 


Parvin, Charles 


Canton 


Sept. 


21, 64 


Sept. 21. 64 


Died at Marietta, Ga., 
Oct. 22, 1864 


Rich, Pierce 


Vermont 


Oct. 


20, 62 


Oct. 20, 62 


Killed near Atlanta, Ga., 












July 28, 1864 


Snyder, Peter 


Buckhart 

Vermont 


Oct. 
Oct. 


6, 62 
12, 62 


Oct. 6, 62 
Oct. 12. 62 




Stafford, William 


Must'rd out June 21, 65. 


Tarry, Alfred 


Canton 


Feb. 


15, 64 


Feb. 15. 64 


Trnas. to 40th lU. Inf. . . . 



275 



COMPANY G. 



Name and Rank. 



Residence. 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Date 
of muster. 



Remarks. 



Captains. 

Charles Wills 

Charles F. Matteson. . 

First Lieutenants. 
Charles F. Matteson. . 
John H. Dorrence. . . 

Second Lieutenant. 
John H. Dorrence. . . 

First Sergeant. 
Charles W. Griffith.. . 
Sergeants. 

Thomas A. Hill 

William Penny 

T. Scott Brown 

Robert C. Thomas . . . 
Corporals. 

WiUiam Gustine 

Wm. W. Montgomery 

James Colton 

Keller Whittaker .... 

John T. Williamson. . 
Nathan Breed 

John E. Reynolds. . . . 
Vincent Hanohet. . . . 

Musician. 
Jas. H. Rodenbaugh. . 

Privates. 

Ames, Americus 

Bishop, Columbus H. 
Brown, Jeremiah. . . . 
Beiderbeck, WiUiam. . 
Breed, Frank R 

Byers, Isaac 

Gary, Francis M 

Convers, James 

Counterman, William. 

Craig, James H 

Cozad, James 

Carroll, Samuel 

Crook, Josiah 

Dunblazier, Wm. G. . 
Davidson, Alpheus.. . 

Foot, William 

Griggs, Franklin 

Gray, Wilson 

Hunt, Lemuel 

Hudson, Stephen. . . . 
Hufford, Abraham. . . 

Jacobus, John 

Jacobus, Thomas J. 

Johnson, Abraham. . . 
Lingenfelter, Josiah. . 



Canton 

Galesburg. . 

Galesburg. . 
Canton 

Canton 

Canton 

Vermont. . . 
Canton 

Farmington. 

Canton 

Lewistown. . 
Farmington. 

Marietta. . . . 
Farmington. 

Fairview. . . 
Canton 

Fairview. . . 
Bernadotte. 

Canton 

Bushnell. . . 

Canton 

Orion 

West Jersey. 
Lewistown. . 

Canton .... 
Lewistown . 



Bernadotte. 
Canton. . . . 
Lewistown. 
Peoria. . . . 
Vermont. . . 
Canton . . . 

Fulton Co. . 

Farmington 



Oct. 
June 



Oct. 
June 



Oct. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



2, 62 
6,65 



2, 62 
6,65 



2, 62 
14, 6: 



12, 62 
8, 62 



9, 62 
18, 62 



18, 62 
22, 62 



11, 62 
13, 62 



9, 62 
5, 62 



13, 62 
12, 62 



Oct. 
June 



2, 62 
6. 66 



Oct. 2, 62 

Not must'rd 



Oct. 
Oct. 
Oct. 



Aug. 22, 62 



15, 62 

5, 62 
11, 62 
20, 62 

6, 62 

8, 62 
6, 62 

13, 62 

6, 62 

11, 62 



14, 62 
12, 62 
22, 62 

6, 62 
22, 62 
18, 62 
11, 62 
18, 62 

7, 62 

8, 62 



Oct. 
Oct. 



Aug. 13, 62 



2, 62 
2, 62 
2,62 



Oct. 2, 62 



2, 62 
2, 62 



Canton 



Aug. 
Aug. 



11, 62 
8, 62 



Promoted Major 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Promoted 

M. O. June 21, 65. as 2d 
Lieutenant 

Promoted 

Discharged July 8, 1863. 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died in Johnson Co., Ga. 

Nov. 28, 1864 

W'd'd, abs. at M. O. of 

Regiment 

Discharged Jan. 16, 1863. 

Dis. Jan. 8, 65, as priv. 
Tr. to Inv. Corps, Sept. 

20.1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Killed at Kenesaw Mt. 

June 27, 1864 

Mu.st'rd out June 21, 65. 
Serg't.; died Dec. 7,1864; 

wounds 

Discharged May 21, 1865. 
Dis. Feb. 17, 65, as Sgt. 

Discharged Jan. 15, 1863. 

Transferred to Co. I . . . . 
M. O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Must'rd out May 27, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Abs't, w'd'd at M. O. of 

Regiment 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Killed at Columbia, S. 

C, Feb. 15, 1865 

Died at Jackson, Tenn., 

Mar. 5,1863 

Tr. to Inv. C'pa, Oct. 22. 

1863 • • • ■ • 

Abs't w'd'd at M. O. of 

Regiment 

Discharged Sept. 6, 1863. 
Discharged May 30, 1863. 
Deserted Mar. 11, 1863. 
Captured May 27, 1864. 
Discharged Apr. 25, 64. 
Deserted Oct. 21, 1862. . . 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Deserted Feb. 7, 1864.. . . 
Discharged Mar. 20, 1863. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Kil'd Dallas, Ga., May 

27, 1864 

Di'd Louisv'l'e Mar. 31 

1865 

W'd'd. ab.s't at M. O. of 

Regiment 

Discharged Feb. 15,1863. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 



276 



COMPANY G.— Continued. 



Name and Rank. 



Lazwell, Josiah 

Myers. Artemus 

McEntyre, Samuel. . . 

McEntyre, Waterman 

Maxwell. Jacob E. . . . 

Moran, Oliver C 

Mifflin, Henry J 

Miksell. Isaac. . . . . ■ ■ 
Nicholson, Jacob J. . 

Nicholson, William. . . 

Parks, Henry C 

Purncll, Lewis 

Pricharil. John 

Richardson, Jas. A.. . 
Richardson, Robert. . 
Rodecape, Jacob • 

Rodecape, Allen 

Roberts, William 

Record, Charles 

Ryan, Martin V. B.. . 
Reynolds. Laban J. . . 

Reynolds, Amos. . . . 
Reynolds. Jacob W. . 

Reynolds, Jesse 

Rowley. Ezrom J. . . . 

Shoemaker, Isaac. .. . 
Shields, Henry B. . . . 

Slater, Edwin D 

Schenck, Oscar C. . . . 

Stone, David 

Smith, John M 

Stearns, Phineas 

Stearns. Horace 

Scoville. George 

Suydam, Edwin 

Switzer, John 

Slack, Irwin 

Trader, George 

TillinR, Robert 

West, James 

Williamson, James L. 
Williams, Seth 

Yocum, John W 

Recruits. 

GriRKsby, Ellis 

Harrison, James 

Hill, Ki)hraim A 

Hall, John I) 

Myers, David M 



Residence. 



Cuba. . . . 
Bushnell. 
Canton . 



Aug. 22. 62 



Canton . 



Lewistown. 
Canton. . . . 
Vermont. . 
Lewistown 



Fairview. . . 
Farmington. 



Lewi.stown. 
Hickory. . . 



Fairview. . . 
EUisville. . . 
Fairview. . . 
Fulton Co. . 



EUisville. 
Canton . 



Farmington. 
Canton .... 



Waterford . 



Canton. . 
Marietta. 



Canton. . 
EUisville. 



Marietta. 
Fairview 



Canton. 



Bushnell. 



Canton 

Peoria 

Farmington 



Aug. 

Aug. 

Avig 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Oct. ,2. 62 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Dec. 



15, 62 

16, 62 
9.62 

14. 62 
22, 62 
11. 62 

22, 62 

15. 62 
11. 62 

9. 62 

21, 62 

8. 62 



Aug. 22, 62 



Aug. 14. 62 



11. 62 
14. 62 
22, 62 
13. 62 



11. 62 
14. 62 
18, 62 
22, 62 
13. 62 
22. 62 



Aug. 7. 62 



Aug. 8. 62 



6. 62 
15, 62 



14. 62 
13.62 



Aug. 11,62 



13, 62 
22, 62 



22, 62 
2. 63 



Date 
of muster. 



Oct. 
Dec. 



2, 62 
2. 63 



Remarks 



Tr. to Inv. Corps. Oct. 

22, 1862 

Killed at Kenesaw Mt., 

June 27, 1864 

Killed at Kenesaw Mt., 

June 27, 1864 

Died Cinci'n't'i Mar. 28, 

1864 

Killed at Kenseaw Mt., 

June 27, 1864 

Died at LaGrange, Tenn. 

May 22, 1863 

Prom. Hospital Steward. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Tr. to Inv. Corps, Oct. 

22, 1863 

Must'rd out July 4, 65. 
Discharged Feb. 6, 1863. 
M. O.June 21, 65, as Sgt. 
Di.scharged July 14, 1863. 
Deserted Mar. 17, 1863. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Tr. to Inv. Corps, Oct. 

22, 63. 
Tr. to Inv. Corps Oct. 

22, 1863 

M. O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Tr. to Inv. Corps Oct. 

22,1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died at Camp Sherman 

Miss. Sept. 14, 1863. . 
Mu.-it'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Discharged Feb. 22, 1863. 
Di'd Ad'r's'nville pris'n. 

Apr. 13,64. Gr. 528 . . 
Discharged Mar. 28, 1863 
Discharged Mar. 28, 1863 
Dischargee! Dec. 20, 1864. 
Dis. Oct. 2, 1862; minor. 
M. O. June 21,65, as Cor. 
Killed near Atlanta, Ga., 

July 22, 1864 

Mu.st'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as 1st 

Serg't 

M. O. June 21, 65, as 1st 

Serg't 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died at Camp Sherman, 

Miss., Aug. 8, 1863. . . . 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Dietl at Jackson, Tenn., 

Feb. 11, 1863 

Discharged Apr. 16, 1863. 
Di.schargedAug. 26, 1863. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Kil'd Dallas, Ga., May 

27, 1864 

Mu.st'rd out June 21, 65. 

Discharged Jan. 15, 1863. 
Deserted Oct. 21, 1862. . . 
Trans, to 40tli 111. Inf. . .. 
Trans, to 40th 111. Inf. . .. 
Trans, to 40th 111. Inf. . . . 



277 



COMPANY G -Continued. 



Name and 
Rank. 



Residence 



Date of 

rank or 

enlistment. 



Date of 
muster. 



Remarks. 



Myers. Isaac N. 



Payne, Ira 

Richardson, William. 
Smith, James 



Farmington 
Canton 



Oct. 14, 62 



Oct. 14, 62 



Oct. 
Oct. 
Jan. 



21, 62 

10, 62 

1, 63 



Oct. 
Oct. 
Jan. 



21, 62 

10, 62 

1, 63 



Killed at Kenesaw Mt., 
June 27, 1864 

Dis. Apr. 13, 63; disabil. 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Died at St. Louis Dec. 10, 
63; Reason, W. Suther- 
land was his real name. 



COMPANY H. 



Captains. 

James J. Hale 

WiUiam Boyd 

Francis M, Putnam. 

First Lieutenants. 

William Boyd 

William W. Fox 

Jacob L. Thomas. . . 

Second Lieutenants 
Samuel D. Woodson. 
Asahel Bandel 

First Sergeant. 

William F. Fox 

Sergeants. 

Thomas Deens 

Francis M. Putnam. 
Samuel Campbell. . . 

Jesse Hinderleiter. . . 

Corporals. 
Arthur Miles 

William S. Kimball. 

WiUiam C. Lisenby. . 

Asahel Bandle 

Thomas D. Kelly. .. 

William J, Ashton. . 

Joseph A. Ridle. . . . 

John A. Westfall. . . 

Musicians. 
William T. Scott. . . 
Samuel T. Wells. . . . 

Privates. 
Agnew, George W. . 
Austin, Jefferson. . . 

Baker, John 

Belless, Walter 

Bennett, Amos 

Bird, Henrv 

Bolen, William J. . . 

Bolen, William B. . . 
Bordner, Harvey P. 



Lewistown . 

Lewistown . 

Lewistown . 

Lewistown. 
Lewistown . 
Lewistown. 
Fulton Co. . 
Fulton Co. . 
Bernadotte. 
Liverpool. .. 
Lewistown . 



Lewistown. 
Cuba 



Lewistown . 



Fulton Co. 



Lewistown. 
Fulton Co. 



Oct. 2, 62 

June 3 , 63 

Apr. 20, 65 

Oct. 2, 62 

June 3, 63 

Apr. 20, 65 



Oct. 
Mar. 



Bryant. . . . 
Lewistown 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



2, 62 
26, 63 



Aug. 9, 62 



Oct. 2, 62 

Aug. 13, 63 

May 20. 65 

Oct. 2, 62 

Aug. 13, 63 

May 20, 65 

Oct. 2, 62 
Not must'rd 



Oct. 2, 62 



11, 62 
9. 62 

11, 62 

9, 62 
9, 62 

12, 62 
22, 62 

9, 62 
12, 62 



Aug. 9, 62 



9, 62 

22, 62 

11, 62 

12, 62 

11, 62 

12, 62 

9, 62 

11, 62 

12, 62 



Aug. 11,62 



Oct. 
Oct. 



Oct. 



Oct. 
Oct. 



2, 62 



2, 62 



2, 62 



Discharged June 3. 1863. 
Resigned Nov. 11, 1864. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Promoted 

Resigned Sept. 17, 1864. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Resigned Mar. 26, 1863. 
Killed in battle (as Ser- 
geant) June 27, 1864. . 

Prom. 1st Lieutenant. . . . 

Tr. to Inv. C'p's in 1863. 

Promoted Captain 

M. O. June 21, 65. as 1st 

Serg't 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Tr. to Inv. Corps Apr. 

28, 1864 

Died at LaGrange, Tenn., 

Nov. 13,1862 

Died at Cairo, 111., Apr. 

11, 1863; wounds 

Pro. Sgt. ; kil'd at Kene- 
saw Mt., June 27, 64. . . 
Died at LaGrange, Tenn., 

June — , 1863 

Killed at Kenesaw Mt., 

June 15, 1864 

Killed at Kenesaw Mt., 

June 27, 1864 

Tr. to Inv. Corps. May 

31,1864 

Must'rd out June 22. 65. 
Discharged Sept. 18, 1863 

M.O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Tr. to Inv. C'rps, Jan. 15,. 

1864 

Died at Camp Sherman, 

Miss., Aug. — ,1863. .. 
Tr. to Inv. C'rps, Jan. 

15,1864 

Deserted Feb. 24,1863... 
Discharged April — , 1864 
Corp'l. ; killed at Atlanta, 

July 29, 1864 

Discharged Mar. 14, 1863 
Died at Chattanooga, 

Nov. — , 63 ; wounds. . . 



278 



COMPANY H— Continued 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Name and Rank. 



Residence. 



Date 
of muster. 



Remarks. 



Clark, Robert 

Cornell, Richard A. .. 
Campbell, Michael K. 

Davis, Warren 

Deford, Francis M. . . 

Demott, Charles 

Evans, Jonas 

Ford. William A 

Gibbeny, Thomas F. . 
Glasscock, Jacob G. . 

Hair, Elijah C 

Harris, Perry 

Harris, William 

Hyde, John H 

Jellison, Ephraim. .. . 

Jenkins, David M. .. . 
Kimball, Ebenezer T 

Lamaster, Myron. . . . 

Lathbury, John 

Laws, Samuel T 

Laws, William H. . . . 
Lenhart, David A. . . 
Lisenby, James 

Linch, David 

Matney, Daniel 

Maxwell, David E. . . 
McCarthy, David. . . . 

McCumber, John. . . . 

Miller, Bernhard 

Nicherson, Joshua. . . 
Nokes, Aaron 

Pres.sler, Peter 

Reeves, Nathan T. . . 

Rice, Charles T 

Rice, Henry 

Shortness, Charles. . . 
Shryock, James P. . . , 
Sonnett, Alexander R 

Slock, GeorRe 

Smith, Bartlett 

Smith, Charles M. . . . 

Smith, Aaron 

Smith, Barnett 

Sparger, Samuel 

Stevenson, Elijah J. . 

States, Wm. F. M. . , 
Stutes, Andrew J . . . . 



Lewistown 



Waterford . 
Lewistown 



Preble Co., O. 



Waterford . . 
Bernadotte. 



Lewistown 



Waterford . 
Bryant. . . . 
Lewistown. 
Bryant. . . . 



Lewistown 



Waterford . 
Lewistown 



Bryant 

Canton 

Lewistown. 
Bernadotte. 
Lewistown . 



Aug. 9. 2 



Aug. 11,62 



12,62 
11,62 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 9. 62 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



22, 62 
12, 62 



9, 62 
11,62 



Aug. 22, 62 



15, 62 
11, 62 



22, 62 
9, 62 



Aug. 18, 62 
Aug. 9, 62 



Aug. 22, 62 

Aug. 9, 

Aug. 11,62 

Aug. 9, 62 

Aug. 12, 62 

Aug. 9, 62 

Aug. 12, 62 



Aug. 22. 62 
Aug. 9, 62 
Aug. 12, 62 



Aug. 18, 62 
Aug. 12, 62 



Aug. 11,62 
Aug. 12, 62 



Aug. 9, 62 



Oct. 2, 62 M. O. May 31, 65; was 

pris 

Abs't sick at M.O. of Reg. 
Killed at Kenesaw Mt., 

June 27, 1864 

M.O. June 21 , 65, as Sgt. 
Cor'pl.; kil'd at Mission 

Ridge, Nov. 25,1863. . 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Disc. May — , 64 ; wounds. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Died Memphis, July 6,63. 
Disch. for prom, in 1863. 
W'd'd at Mission Ridge. 

Deserted 

Killed at Mission Ridge, 

Nov. 25, 1863 

Detached at M.O. of Rgt. 
Killed at Kenesaw Mt. 

June 27, 1864 

M. O. June 21 , 65, as Cor. 
Tr. to Inv. Corps, Jan. 

15,1864 

Died, J'c'k's'n,T. Mar. 3, 

1863 

Must'rd out June 22, 65. 
Tr. to Inv. Corps, June 

—,1864 

M.O. June 21, 65, as Sgt. 
Abs't sick at M.O. of Reg. 
Tr. to Inv. C'rps, Dec. 15, 

1863 

Discharged May 18, 1863. 
Dis. Mav 14, 64; wounds. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Died Memphis June — , 

1863. 

Tr. to Inv. Corps, Dec. 

15,1863 

Killed at Kenesaw Mt., 

Ga 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died at HoUv Springs, 

Mi.'5S.,Dec. 21. 1862. . 
Tr. to 40th III., June 19 ■ 

1865 

Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Di.«charged Apr. 16, 1863 
Died at .lackson, Tenn., 

Feb. 10.1863 

Dis. Jan. 7, 65; wounds. 
Discharged Apr. 16. 1863. 
Died July 4, 63; wounds. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O. June 21, 65. as Sgt. 
Tr. to Inv. Corps, Jan. 

15,1864 

Tr. to Inv. Corps. Apr. 

28.1864 

M.O.June 21 .65,asCorp'l. 
M. O. June 21, 65. as Cor. 
Died near Madisonville. 

Tenn.. Dec. — . '62. 
Detached at M. O. of Reg. 
Detached at M. O. of Reg 



279 



COMPANY H— Continued 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Name and Rank 



:Slack, Robert 

Thomas, Jacob L . . 

Virgil, John 

Walker, Henrj'. . . . 
Weston, Samuel. . . 
Wilcoxen, Joseph C 
Wright, Samuel B. . 

Wright, William O. 
Wells, William. . . . 

Recruits. 
Austin, William J. . 

Austin, John E. . . . 

Freeman, Martin. . 
Gibbons, Mark. . . . 

Taylor, Henry. . . . 
Weston, Edwin.. . . 



Residence. 



Lewistown 



Liverpool. . . 

Lewistown . 



Lewistown 



Fulton Co. . . 
Lewistown . 



Otto. 



Aug. 11,62 

Aug. 9, 62 

Aug. 12, 62 

Aug. 9, 62 

Aug. 22, 62 

Aug. 9, 62 

Aug. 12, 62 

Aug. 22, 62 



Feb. 18, 64 
Aug. 22, 62 



Date 
of muster. 



Remarks. 



Oct. 2. 62 Died at Holly Springs, 
Miss., Dec. 18, 1862. . . 

Prom. 1st Lieutenant. 

Must'rd out June 22, 65. 

M.O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

M.O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 

Died at Jackson, Tenn., 
Feb., 1863 

Disch. Mar., 63; disabil. 

Dis. June — , 64; disabil. 

Died Paducah July — , 

1863 

Died at Jackson, Tenn. 

Feb., 1863 

Discharged May 7, 1863. 
Feb. 18, 64 Tr. to 40th lU. Inf. June 

19,1865 

Oct. 2, 62 Deserted July, 1863. « 

Destered Oct. —,1862. . 



COMPANY L 



Captain. 

Philip Medley 

Samuel H. Brown. . 
William S. Johnson. 



First Lieutenant. 
Nat. P. Montgomery. 



Timothy Dewey. . . . 

Second Lieutenant. 

Samuel H. Brown. . . 

Zebulon Branson. . . 



First Sergeant. 
Abram S. Vansyckle. 



Sergeants. 

Isaac H. Ray 

James Howard 

Joel B. Patterson. . . 
David S. R. Jackson. 

Corporals. 
Cornelius McWhirt.. 



Clifford T. Lambert. 



Wm. H. Zolman. 
Louis P. Zolman. 



John Butler. 
Wm. Pierce. 



Arthur F. Burt. 



Wm. H. Coons. . . 

Musicians. 
Walter A. Gustin. 
David Smith 

Teamster 
Levi Hedges 



Bernadotte. 
Ipava 



Canton. 



Ipava. . . 
Pleasant. 



Ipava. . . 
Pleasant. 



Ipava 



Cass 

Bernadotte. 



Ipava 

Pleasant. . . . 
Bernadotte 



Pleasant. . . . 
Bernadotte 



Bernadotte 



Oct. 2, 62 
Feb. 4, 63 
Apr. 11, 65 



Oct. 2, 62 
June 27, 64 



Oct. 
Feb. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Pleasant. 



Oct. 



2, 62 
4, 63 



Aug. 4, 62 



14, 62 
15,62 
21, 62 
14, 62 



Aug. 14, 62 



Oct. 
Nov. 



Oct. 
July 



Oct. 



Oct. 



15, 62 

14, 62 

15, 62 



15, 62 
14, 62 



Aug. 14. 62 



Oct. 
Oct. 



2, 62 



2, 62 
6, 64 



2, 62 
27, 63 



Oct. 2, 62 



2, 62 



2, 62 



2. 62 



2, 63 



Resigned Feb. 4, 1863. . . 

Resigned April 1, 1864. . . 

M. O. June 21, 65, as 1st 

Lieut. Company E. . . . 

Kil'd in battle, June 27 

1864 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Proinoted 

Killed in battle June 27 
1864 

Red. to Sgt.; killed at 
New Hope Cli., Ga., 
June 2, 1864 

Deserted May — , 1863. 

Deserted June, 1863 

Dis. Apr. 5, 65; disabil. 
Deserted Feb., 1863 

Disch. Dec. 15, 64, as Sgt. 
disability 

Disch. Mar. — , 64, as pri- 
vate; disability 

M. O. June 21, 65, as Sgt. 

Died at LaGrarige, Tenn., 
Feb., 1863 

Deserted June, 1863 

M. O. June 21, 65, as 1st 
Serg't 

Priv. Trans, to Invalid 
Corps. Sept. 15, 1863. 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Dis. Mar. 20, 63; disabil. 

Deserted July — , 1863. 



28o 



COMPANY I— Continued 



Date of 

ranlc or eu- 

listment. 



Name aud Rank. 



Privates. 

Allison, John 

Bevard, GeorRC 

Brown, George 

Berg, Henry 

Bekelshmyer, Charles 
Branson, Zebulon. . . . 
Bishop, Columbus H. 
Canin, Thomas J. . . . 

Canin, John 

Clanin, Thomas. . . . 

Cooper, John V 

Crawford , James. . . . 

Coons, Henry 

Dewey, Timothy. . . . 

France, Isaac 

France, William R. . . 

France, Michael 

France, Robert 

Goldsmith, James. . . 

Gray, William 

Grewell, ,rohn B 

Howard, George O. . . 
Hummel. George F. . 

Holt, William 

Hillyer, John C 

Krous, Jonas 

Kelly, Zachariah T. . 

Littleton, George D. . 
Littleton, John M. . . . 
Littleton, Fieldon. . . 

Lea.se, Daniel 

McMuUin, Andrew. . . 

Miller, George 

Monroe, Enoch 

Monroe, Allen 

Murry, Peter P 

Murry, Thomas 

McQueen, Asa 

Nevin, Simon 

Nolan, Thomas 

Nolan, Henry 

Paul, David 

Parkin.son, Thos. K. . 
Parkinson. .loseph. . . . 
Patterson, Hamilton H. 
Patterson, William. . 
Patter.son, Andrew . . . . 
Patterson, Thomas S . 
Snider, William H. . . . 

Snider, Orville 

Smith, Robert W. . . 

Spry, Elias 

Sneppard, George 

Underwood, Jacob. . .. 

Valentine, Miller 

Warfield, Andrew 



Residence. 



Bernadotte 

Pleasant. . . . 

Pleasant. . . . 

Canton 

Pleasant . . . 

Bernadotte 
Pleasant . . . 

Fulton Co. . 
Pleasant. . . . 
Bernadotte 



Bernadotte 
Pleasant . . 

Bernadotte 

Cuba 

Bernadotte 

Lewistown. 
Bernadotte 
Pleasant . . 

Bernadotte, 
Pleasant . . 

Bernadotte 
Pleasant . . 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



15, 62 
14. 62 
14. 62 



Aug. 15, 62 



5, 62 
14, 62 



21, 62 



14, 62 



15, 62 
14, 62 



15, 62 
14, 62 
21. 62 
14, 62 



21, 62 
15, 62 



21, 62 
15, 62 



21. 62 
14, 62 



Aug. 15, 62 



Dug. 21,62 



15, 62 
14.62 



Aug. 15, 62 



Date 
of muster. 



Oct. 



2. 64 



Remarks. 



Died at home, Oct. 18, 62. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O. June 21 , 65, as Cor. 
Died at LaGrange, Tenn., 

Dec. 8, 1862 

M. O. Junc21,65,asSgt. 
Prom. 2d Lieutenant. . . . 

Transferred to Co. G 

Died at Snyder's Bluff, 

Miss., July 3, 1863. . . . 

Died Oct. 11, 1862 

Deserted Dec. 19, 1863. 
M.O.June 21. 65. as Cor. 
M.O.June 21, 65, as Cor, 



Prom. Lst Lieutenant. . . . 
Must'rd out .lunc 21, 65. 
Died Memphis, Jan — , 64 
Died Memphis Jan. — , 64 
Deserted .Ian. — . 1863. . . 
Corp'l.; kil'd at Kenesaw 

Mt., June 15, 1864. . . . 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
MO .June 21, 65, as Sgt. 
M. O. June 21 , 65, as Sgt. 
Trans, to 40th 111. Inf. . .. 
M. O. June 21 , 65, as Cor. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as Co 
Desertetl Dec. 30, 1863. 
i Killed near Kenesaw Mt. 

June 15, 1864 

Deserted July —. 1863. .. 
Abs. sick at M. O. of Reg. 
Died at Jack.son, Tenn., 

March, 1863 

Dis. Jan. 30, 64; disabil. 

Deserted Feb., 1863 

Trans, to 40th 111. Inf. . .. 
Died at Camp Sherman, 

Aug. 20, 1863 

Deserted Oct. — , 1862. . . 
Deserted June 1 1 , 65 ; 2d . 

desertion 

Died Memphis Jan. — , 63 
Abs. sick at M, O. of Reg. 
Died at home, Oct 20, 63. 
Died Na.sh'v're, Feb. 18, 

18,1864 

Dis. Mar. — . 63; disabil. 
Dis. Nov. 25,63; wounds. 
M. O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 
W'd'd abs. at M.O.of Reg. 
Dis. Mar. 27, 65; di.sabil. 
Discharged Nov., 1863. .. 

Died Oct. 7, 1863 

Must'rd out June 21 , 65. 
Killed at Mission Ridge, 

Nov. 25, 1863 

Killed at Mi.ssion Ridge, 

Nov. 25, 1863 

Deserted July — , 1863. . . 
Det'c'h'd at M. O. of Reg. 
M. O.June 21, 65, as Cor. 
Dis. Nov.,63;di.sabil. . . . 
Must'rd out .lune 21. 65. 
Abs. sick at M. O. of Reg. 



2«I 



COMPANY l.—Contimied. 



Name and Rank. 



Wren, James O 

Peterson, William S. 

Fancher, Marcena T. 

Higgins, Hiram S. . . . 

Johnson, Gary C 

Coleman, William L.. 

Griggsby, Ellis 

McKeighgan, James. . 
Recruits. 

Clanin, J. S 

Ames, Americus 

Bishop, Nimrod C. . . 

Coons, Samuel 

Long, William 

Miller, John S 

Van Brunt, James W. 

Weston, Joseph 



Residence. 



Pleasant . . . 

Lewistown. . 



Bernadotte 



Canton 



Chicago. . . . 
Bernadotte. 

Canton 

Bernadotte 



Liverpool Aug. 22, 62 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



Mar. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



21, 62 
8, 62 



Aug. 14. 62 



Aug. 22, 62 



Date 
of muster. 



Oct. 



Mar. 
Oct. 



2, 64 



6, 65 

2, 62 



Aug. 22, 62 



Disch. May, 63; disabil. 
Appointed Chaplain Oct. 

1862 

Killed at Kenesaw Mt,. 

June 27, 1864 

Deserted Nov. — , 1862. . 
Deserted Oct. — , 1862. . . 
Dis. July 15, 64; disabil. 

See Company G 

Return'd to parents ; min. 

Trans, to 40th 111. Inf... . 
M. O. June 21, 65; w'd'd. 
Deserted Oct. —, 1862. . . 
Disch. before muster-in . . 
Deserted Oct. — , 1862. . . 
Deserted Oct. — , 1862. . . 
App'ted Ass't. Surgeon, 

Oct. 8, 1862 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 



COMPANY K. 



Captains. 

James C. King 

Augustus B. Smith. . 

First Lieutenants. 
Augustus B. Smith. . . 

Aaron Amesley 

Second Lieutenant. 

Aaron Amesley 

First Sergeant. 

Patrick Barry 

Sergeants. 
Daumont, Wilcox. . . . 

James Stickler 

Charles W. Fellows. . . 
Timothy Coakley. . . . 

Corporals. 
Harrison Stickler. . . . 

John P. Prentiss 

James E. McGrath. . . 
George W^. Woodcock 
William Jacobs 

Jacob Gibson 

John Briley 

Jacob Dibert 

Musicians. 
Payne, Charles E. . . . 
Wheeler, Daniel L. . . 

Privates. 
Albaugh, Jesse 

Bricker, David U. . . . 

Baillie, Rufus M 

Burge, Chancy 

Burge, William 

Benson, Morgan. .... 
Baughman, Hamilton 

Boulby, John P 



Canton 

Canton 

Canton. 
Canton. 
Canton 

Canton 



Canton 

Monterey 
Canton . 

Liverpool 
Buckhart 

Canton . . 



Oct. 
Jan. 

Oct. 
Jan. 

Oct. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



2, 62 

3, 63 



2, 62 

3, 63 



2, 62 
22, 62 



11, 62 
13, 62 



13, 62 

11, 62 

12, 62 
11, 62 

14, 62 

13, 62 

14, 62 



Aug. 13, 62 



14, 62 
13, 62 



Aug. 12, 62 



Aug. 
July 

Aug. 
July 

Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 



28, 62 
27, 63 



28, 62 
27, 63 



28, 62 
28, 62 



28, 62 



Aug. 28, 62 



Aug. 28. 62 



Died Jan. 3. 1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Promoted 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Promoted 

Must'rd out June 21. 65. 

Died Dec. 19, 63; w'n'd's. 
Must'rd out June 17, 65. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as prv. 
M. O . June 2 1 , 65 , as priv. 

Died at Jeffersonville, 

Ind., July 2, 1864. . 
Tr. to Inv. Corps, Sept 

1,1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65 
M. O. June 21 , 65, as priv 
Serg't abs't wounded at 

M. O. of Regiment. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65 
Dis. May 7, 63; disabil 
M. O.June 21, 65, as Sgt 

Prom. Prin. Musician. . . 
Mu.st'rd out June 21, 65 

Died at Wilmington. N 

C, Mar. 30, 1865 

Died Memphis, June 18 

1863 

M. O. June 21, 65, as Cor 
Dis. Mar. 29, 63; disabil 
Died Dec. 17, 63; w'n'ds 
Must'rd out .June 21, 65 
Corp'l. ; killed at Atlanta 

Ga., Aug. 23,1864 

Died at Snyder's Bluff 

Miss., Aug. 1,1863. . ■ ■ 



282 



COMPANY Vi.— Continued. 



Name and Rank. 



Buckley. Alfred 

Banks. Wm. S 

Custon, Emanuel. . . . 

Cooper, William 

Carroll. Wm. H 

Caldwell. James B. . 

Crippin, Wm. E 

Cathu.s, George W. . . 
Castle, William A. .. . 

Coleman. John 

Deford. Thomas 

Durham. John 

Dorrance. William M. 
Evans. Aaron 

Evans, Melville 

Gearreon. Abner 

Grim, GrandersonD. 

Holt, Samuel R 

Harkelroad. Geo. W. 
Harman. John P. . . . 

Hews. Anson 

Hughes, James E. . . . 
Haptonstall. Jacob K 

Harper, John W 

Hallar. Wm. H 

Hall, Benjamin 

Hughes, Martin 

Huber, William C. . . . 

Heldebeidel, George. . 

Harder, Clark 

Jackson, George 

Jacox, Marcus 

Kellogg. Henry 

Ketchum, Jasiah. . . . 
Ketchum, Louis T. . . 
Lockwood, George. . . 
Messinger, Sidney. . . 
McMillen, Thomas C. 
Miller. Nathaniel D. . 

Minnick. George W. . 
Newman, John P. . . . 
Provard, Jacob 

Paul. Gabriel W 

Pierce. Jo.seph H, . . . 

Reynolds, Jo.seph. . . . 

Ringer, Jacob 

Rose. Horatio G 

Scanlon. Brvan 

Silvernale, John 

Shrifler, William 

Tallmadge, Theo, T. . 
Varner. George W. . , 



Residence. 



Canton . 

Buckhart. 
Canton. . 
Banner. . , 
Canton. . 
Buckhart, 
Canton . , 

Banner. . , 
Buckhart, 
Canton. . 

Liverpool 

Canton . 

Banner . , 

Canton . 

Banner. . 
Canton . 

Buckhart 
Canton . 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Aug. 14. 62 
Aug. 22. 62 

Aug. 13. 62 



Aug. 11.62 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 
Aug. 



Aug. 

Aug. 

Aug. 
Aug. 



13. 62 

14. 62 

22.62 
13.62 
14, 62 

11. 62 

12. 62 



Aug. 1 1 . 62 



14. 62 
22.62 

13. 62 

11, 62 

14, 62 

12, 62 

13. 62 

14. 62 

13. 62 

14. 62 



13. 62 
12. 62 



14. 62 
22, 62 



Aug. 14, 62 

Aug. 11.62 

Aug. 13. 62 

Aug. 22. 62 

Aug. 14, 62 

Aug. 12. 62 

Aug. 14, 62 

Aug. 11.62 

Aug. 13. 62 

Aug. 1 1 , 62 



Aug. 12, 62 

Aug. 11, 62 

Aug. 12, 62 

Aug. 15,62 



Date 
of muster. 



Aug. 28. 62 



Remarks. 



Died at Cairo, Feb. 4. 64. 
Died at Jackson. Tenn., 

Mar. 19. 1863 

Tr. to Inv. Corps. Sept. 

1,1863 

Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Died Nov. 26. 63; w'n'ds. 
Died Keokuk. la.. Feb. 

12,1863 

Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Deserted Jan. 11. 1863. . . 
Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Deserted June 24. 63. . . . 
Captured May 28. 1864. . 
M. O. June 21 . 65. as Cor. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died at Canton. 111.. June 

25, 1863 

Wounded abs. at M. O. of 

Reg 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died Andersonville pris. 

Oct. 14, 1864 

Discharged Feb. — , 1863. 
Deserted Jan. 10. 1863. . . 
Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Deserted Jan. 10, 1863. . . 
Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
M. O. May 30, 65; was 

pris 

Discharged Sept. 16, 1863. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Died at Jackson. Tenn., 

Jan. 4, 1863 

Dis. May 16, 63; disabil. 
Di.s. Apr. 16. 63; disabil. 
Dis. Mar. 20, 63 ; disabil. 
Killed near Atlanta, Ga., 

July 28, 1864 

Died at .Jack.'<on, Tenn., 

Dec. 29. 1862 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
M. O. June 21, 65, as Sgt. 
Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Dis. Jan. 17, 63; di.sabil. 
W'd'd abs. at M. O. of 

Reg 

Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Must'rd out June 21. 65. 
Died St. Louis, May 15, 

1863 

Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Tr to Inv. Corps, Sept. 

1.1863 

Tr. to Inv. Corps. Oct. 

20, 1863 

Must'rd out Juue 21. 65. 
Captured May 28. 1864, 

at Dallas. Ga 

Discharged July 6, 1864. 
Died Nov. 27, 63 ; wounds 
M.O. .Tune 21. 65. as Cor. 
Must'rd out .lune 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21. 65. 



283 



COMPANY TS..— Continued, 



Name and Rank. 



Varner, John M. . . . 
Veron, Jeremiah B. . 
Wander, Albert. . . . 

Weekel, Jasper 

Zimmerman, Geo. W 

Recruits. 
Anderson, Joseph. . . 
Hugh, Thomas 

Smith, Jacob K. . . . 
Wright, George W. . 



Residence. 



Canton . . 
Buckhart. 
Canton . . 

Canton . . 
Lewistown 



Date of 
rank or en- 
listment. 



Aug. 

Aug. 



Aug. 
Aug. 



14, 62 
12, 62 



22, 62 
14, 62 



Aug. 22, 62 



Aug. 12, 62 
Aug. 15, 62 



Date 
of muster. 



Aug. 28. 62 



Oct. 2, 62 



Oct. 2. 62 



Tr. to40thlll. Inf 

Dis. June 8, 63; disabil. 
Accid'n't'ly kil'd June 6, 
63, at LaGrange, Tenn. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 
Must'rd out June 21, 65. 

Dis. Apr. 16, 63; disabil 
Died at Camp Sherman' 
Miss., Sept. 20, 1863. . ■ 
Detached at M. O. of Reg 
Promoted Major 

Must'rd out June 2. 65 

Died C'p Yates, Mar. 23. 

1864 

Rejected 

Died, C'p Yates, Apr. 2, 

1864 

Died C'p Yates, May 8. 

1864 



UNASSIGNED RECRUITS. 



Dodge, Charles. . 
Glancv, Pyrrhus. 

HiU, Henry 

Hull, Varnura O. 
Hampton, W. . . . 
Lingfelter, John. . 

Lewis, William D, 
Peterson, Isaac B 

Philip, Samuel T. 



New Lennox. . 
Eliza Creek. . . 

Malom 

Knox Co 

Cooper City. . . 
Canton 



Lewistown 



Nov. 16, 64 
Feb. 21, 64 
Sept. 30, 64 
Jan. 16, 65 
Mar. 1, 64 



Nov. 
Feb. 



16, 64 
21, 64 



Sept. 30, 64 
Jan. 16, 65 
Mar. 1, 64 



284 



"STILL LIVING" ROSTER. 



While this list of the living may not be correct, it is as 
nearly so as it is possible to make it with the latest information 
at hand. There is space for correcting errors in address, on 
same line, or in memorandum at back of the book, where com- 
rades can, if they care, place their own records. 

Field and Staff. 

Major Asias Willison. Creston, Iowa. 

Q. M., Henry S. Ingersoll . 

32 Willow Ave., Calumet, or Laurium, Mich. 

Non-Commission Staff. 

Sergt. Major, S. R. Quigley Lewistown, 111. 

Hospital Steward, John O. Hughes (Dr.) 

Norwood Park, Chicago, 111. 

Commissary Sergt., Geo. Stipp Wellington, Kas. 

Q. M. Sergt., Wilson Fisher Canton, 111. 

Co. A Still Living. 

Capt. Wm. W. Bishop. . .St. Paul (714 Aurora Ave.), Minn. 

Lieut. Howard Willison Lewistown, 111. 

ist Sergt. E. F. Evans .Lewistown, 111. 

Sergt. John Livingston Lewistown, 111. 

Corp'l. William. Guthrie Ok. 

Corp'l. Stephen B. Hedges Canton, 111. 

Corp'l. William Hunter Lewistown, 111. 

Corp'l. Wm. C. Smith Bernadotte, 111. 



285 

Corp'l. Wm. C. Staten Canton, 111. 

Prv't. Samuel H. Giistine , Lewistown, 111. 

Prv't. Paul Beasley Clarinda, Iowa. 

Prv't. Geo. Coakley ,. .Bernadotte, 111. 

Prv't. Alonzo M. Cole .Kansas. 

Prv't. Isaac Ellis Smithfield, 111. 

Prv't. William Fitzgerald , Liverpool, 111. 

Prv't. Johnathan Harn ., Cuba, 111. 

Prv't. Alex. Maranville Lewistown, 111. 

Prv't. Geo. F. Osliorn .Chicago (672 Polk St.), 111. 

Prv't. Amaziah Shaw Smithfield, 111. 

Prv't. Joshua Tooley Soldiers' Home, Quincy, 111. 

Prv't. John Walker. ,. . Clarinda, Iowa. 

Co. B. Still Living. 

Lieut. S. B. Beer. ,. .Fairview, 111. 

Sergt. Chris'r. B. Fisher. Alva, Ok. 

Sergt. James Daily. .Kas. 

.Sergt. William Hummel Kas. 

Sergt. William B. Reed Waverly, Mo. 

Sergt. Joseph Prosser. . . .Neb. 

Corp'l. Henry Haney. Iowa. 

Corp'l. Samuel Hummel ; London Mills, 111. 

Corp'l. Joseph H. Wheeler Manley, 111. 

Priv't. Andrew Alms Mo. 

Priv't. Frank Arringdale. , Avon, 111. 

Priv't. James Burrows , Neb. 

Priv't. John H. Carpenter London Mills, 111. 

Priv't. Cyrus Elliott Babylon, 111. 

Priv't. Edward Hancock Ellisville, 111. 



286 

Priv't. fames E. G. Hubbard Randall, 111, 

Priv't. I^wis Martin Ellisville, 111. 

Priv't. William McClurg Ohio. 

Priv't. Henry Swartz. ., London Mills, 111. j 

Co. C Still Living. 

Lieut. William Wilkinson Winfield, Kansas, 

ist Sergt. Enos Kelsey , . .Canton, 111. 

Sergt. G. M. Armstrong Canton, 111. 

Sergt. Geo. M. Bass , Iowa. 

Sergt. J. M. Gibbs Hannibal. Mo. 

Sergt. Jos. Parnham 

Sergt. Wm. A. Smith Farmington, 111. 

Corp'l. Charles Veeman Peoria, 111. 

Corp'l. William F. Dean .Havanna, 111. 

Corp'l. Geo. W. Horton Canton, 111. 

Corp'l. William Moore 

Corp'l. Daniel Zook Farmington, 111. 

Mus'n. W. F. Randolph Canton, 111. 

Prv't. Geo. Benson 

Prv't. Thomas Cannon 

Prv't. Jos. Come. Farmington, 111. 

Prv't. John S. Couch. . . ., ,...., 

Prv't. Newton Ellis Canton, 111. 

Prv't. David Evans Canton, 111. 

Prv't. John Evans Lowell, Kansas. 

Prv't. Ferd. Garner .Canton, 111. 

Pn^'t. Samuel George Wyota or Wyeta, Iowa. 

Prv't. Geo. Hackett . Knoxville, 111. 

Prv't. Robert Little 



287 

Prv't. Henry Riley 

Prv't. William J. Adams Knoxville, Iowa. 

Prv't. William A. Ralston. Butte City, Mont. 

Prv't. John McLain Osmond, Neb. 

Prv't. Charles C. Mendenhall Mo. 

Prv't. Stq^hen E. Dean 

Prv't. James C. Ralston. , ,. . .Farmington, 111. 

Prv't. Philip F. Evans. , 

Prv't. Francis M. Hurt 

Co'. D. Still Living. 

Capt. M. V. D. Voorhees .Fairview, 111. 

Lieut. Benj'n. F. Wyckoff .Rocky Ford, Col. 

Serg't. John W. Bowen , Fairview, 111. 

Serg't. Robert C. Athearn. , Winfield, Kas. 

Corp'l. Theo. Camman Canton, 111. 

Corp'l. James Dilts. . Winfield, Kansas. 

Corp'l. Garrett V. Hagaman Seward, Neb. 

Corp'l. Lewis D. Huff. 

Corp'l. Syms A. Merriam. Good Hope, 111. 

Corp'l. Wm. F. Montgomery. . . ., Canton, 111. 

Priv't. Geo. W. Blakeslee Rapotee, Knox Co., 111. 

Priv't. Marcellus Botkin. Kansas. 

Priv't. Asa I. Botkin. Kansas. 

Priv't. Geo. W. Burson. Galeslxirg, 111. 

Priv't. John W. Cyphers .Deland, Piatt Co., 111. 

Priv't. Jacob Dilts Centerville, Iowa. 

Priv't. Richard L. Ditmars Kansas. 

Priv't. Simon Moore 

Priv't. Philip Reihm Fairview, 111. 



288 

Priv't. Wm. R. Stine ,. .,. .Minneapolis, Minn. 

Priv't. Geo. W. Taylor London Mills, 111. 

Priv't. Robert Snodgrass , Corning, Iowa. 

Priv't. Peter V. D. VanArsdale Chariton, Iowa. 

Priv't. Richard D. Voorhees.. Union ville, Appanoose Co., Iowa. 

Priv't. John Winters Kansas City, Mo. 

Priv't. Charles H. Blakeslee De Soto, Neb. 

Priv't. Paxson Roberts Arapahoe, Neb. 

Co. E. Still Living. 

1st Lieut. Charles H. Suydam Rippey, Iowa. 

Sergt. Sumner Gorham Canton. 111. 

Sergt. W. H. Jackson Canton, 111. 

Sergt. Thomas Romine , Canton, 111. 

Corp'l. Washington Baylor , Canton, 111. 

Prv't. Simon P. Addis ,..,....., Canton, 111. 

Prv't. Thomas Beasley., Jr . Canton, 111. 

Prv't. Watson Breese. ., Clay Center, Kansas. 

Prv't. David Edwards. ...... ... ... . . ... . . .Fontanelle, Iowa. 

Prv't. Omri Fast .Soldiers' Home, Quincy, 111. 

Prv't. John Houston. . . ., . . .Banner, 111. 

Prv't. Augustus Hurff . Elmwood, 111. 

Prv't. Alfred Jarnigan /......,.. .Mo., 

Prv't. Solomon W. Krims. . .Cuba, Mo. 

Prv't. Andrew Patterson. Kansas. 

Prv't. Edward Purcell Fisher, Ark. (Ok.?) 

Prv't. Daniel Reamy. .,. .Canton, 111. 

Prv't. Jos. N. Roberts , . .,. .Denver, Col. 

Prv't. Isaac Robinson Lyons, Neb. 

Prv't. Jos. F. Swan Los Angeles, Cal. 



289 

Prv't. Isaac Wages -.Riverton, Iowa. 

Prv't. Jacob Wages Canton, 111. 

Prv't. Geo. H. Weaver Cal. 

Prv't. Charles W. Thompson. ,. .Independence, Ore. 

Prv't. William Gibson , ,. . 

Co. F. Still Living. 

Capt. Bernard Kelly. . . .Coffeyville (214 W. lOth St.), Kas. 

Lieut. H. H. Orendorff Canton, 111. 

I St Sergt. David A. Snyder. Wichita, Kas. 

Sergt. Sam'l. N. Rockhold. Arkansas City, Kas. 

Corp'l. Sam'l. Baughman. Table Grove, 111. 

Corp't. A. J. Justice .Friend, Neb. 

Corp'l. William G. Walters Table Grove, 111. 

Prv't. Warren Barker. . . .,. . . ... .-. .Riverdale, Kas. 

Prv't. Charles E. Barker .Hamback, Kas. 

Prv't. Jos. Buck . ., Rose Hill, Kas. 

Prv't. Jos. H. Buck Cuba, 111. 

Prv't. Edward Brinton.. , ...Vermont, 111. 

Prv't. Frank Brown . , -. Bryant, III. 

Prv't. S. E. Caves Kansas City (1308 W. 8th St.), Mo. 

Prv't. Henry DeGroff Canton, 111. 

Prv't. John DeGroff Mapleton, 111. 

Prv't. John Ellsworth Canton, 111. 

Prv't. J. B. Frizzell Cambridge, Neb. 

Prv't. John Grove , Astoria, 111. 

Prv't. Edward, or Edmond, Derry Vermont, 111. 

Prv't. W. D. Hoar Woodston, Kas. 

Prv't. Mathew Harper .Seville, 111. 

Prv't. Charles V. Haskins Shenandoah, Iowa. 



290 

Prv't. Berlin S. Johnson Goff, Kas, 

Prv't. Geo. E. Miller. . Bryant, 111. 

Prv't. Joel J. Miller , Canton, 111. 

Prv't. G. Pritchard. Eagle, Neb. 

Prv't. Simeon Pritchard Bushnell, 111. 

Prv't. John P. Rumsey ,. . Canton, 111. 

Prv't. W. W. Post ,. . Eustice, Neb. 

Prv't. Jacob Stewart. ,Wyoonda, Mo. 

Prv't. John Spry. Brighton, Iowa. 

Prv't. William Stafford Vermont, 111. 

Prv't. Marion Walters. ,. . . .Baker, Kas. 

Prv't. A. Terry Lost Springs, Kas. 

Co.G. 

Capt. C. F. Matteson 3822 Langley Ave., Chicago. 

ist Sergt. T. Scott Brown Cambridge, 111. 

Sergt. Thomas A. Hill Maysville (may be dead), Mo. 

Sergt. Vincent Hanchet. .White City (may be dead), Kansas. 

Sergt. Horace F. Stearns .Adrian, Mo. 

Sergt. Robert C. Thomas , .Linnville, Mo. 

Corp. James B. Colton.. Kansas City ( 18 10 Jackson Ave), Mo. 

Corp. John T. Williamson .Macomb, 111. 

Corp. Columbus H. Bishop Hamburg, Iowa. 

Corp. Jacob W. Reynolds .... Carthage Miner. So. Dakota. 
Corp. Robert Richardson. . . .St. Joe (323 N. 9th St.), Mo. 

Corp. William Roberts Fairview, 111. 

Corp. David Stone Fairview, 111. 

Corp. Edwin D. Slater Centralia, 111. 

Corpl. James L. Williamson ,..,... .,. . . .Elmwood, 111. 

Prv't. Jeremiah Brown Dudley, Noble Co., Ohio. 



291 

Prv't. Isaac Byers. .> Elmwood, or l^armington, 111. 

Prv't. Wm. G. Dunblazier Adair, Fulton Co., 111. 

Prv't. Alp'heus Davison. .Anacostia (52 Franklin St.), D. C. 

Prv't. Franklin Griggs. .Enid (11 19 Washington Ave.), Ok. 

Prv't. Lemuel Hunt , ,. .Bushnell, 111. 

Prv't. Stephen A. Hudson Bosoobel, Grant Co., Wis. 

Prv't. Josiah Lingenfelter. .St. David, or Dunformline, 
Fulton Co., 111. 

Prv't. Abram Johnson ,. Bryant, 111. 

Prv't. Ira O. Martin Blue Hill, Neb. 

Prv't. David Myres Bushnell, or Prairie City, 111. 

Prv't. Allen Rodecape. . . .St. John, Whitman Co., Wash't'n. 

Prv't. Jacob Rodecape Canton, 111. 

Prv't. Charles Record Famiington, 111. 

Prv't. Wm. W. Richardson . . Collins, St. Clair Co., or 
Birch Tree, Mo. 

Prv't. Martin V. B. Ryan. .Sapo, Fulton Co., or Water- 
ford, 111. 

Prv't. Henry B. Shields. Kearney, Buffalo Co., Neb. 

Prv't. Phineas Stearns. , ... .Canton, 111. 

Co. H. Still Living. 

Capt. F. M. Putnam; 

Lieut. Wm. W. Fox. .:. ., .Lewistown, 111. 

Lieut. Jacob L. Thomas Muskogee, Ind. Ter. 

Sergt. Jesse. Henderleiter. ., Blandensville, 111. 

Sergt. Warren Davis , . • • .Canton, 111. 

Sergt. William H. Laws . Shelbina, Mo. 

Corp'l. Thomas F. Gibboney . .Bernadotte, 111. 

Corp'l. David M. Jenkins. Cuba, 111. 



292 

Corp'l. Barnett Smith 

Corp'l. Henry Walker ,. .. Bryant, 111. 

Corp'l. John A. Westfall Galesburg. 111. 

Musc'n. William T. Scott ,. .Lewistown, 111. 

Prv't. Henry Bird. .Canton, 111. 

Prv't. William Bolin lola, Kas. 

Prv't. Robert Clark 

Prv't. Charles Demott Lewistown, 111. 

Prv't. Jonas H. Evans Fairbiiry, Neb. 

Prv't. Martin A. Freeman , Kas. 

Prv't. Mark Gibbons. .,. . . .1 Lewistown, 111. 

Prv't. Perr}^ Harris ,. . . . 

Prv't. Samuel T. Laws ,...., 

Prv't. John Lathbiiry .Lewistown, 111. 

Prv't. John McComber .Lewistown, 111. 

Prv't. Charles E. Rice St. Joe, Mo. 

Prv't. A. J. Stutes. .Lewistown, 111. 

Prv't. John Virgil. ...,...,......, Lewistown, 111. 

Prv't. Samuel Weston. . . .N. Pomona, Los Angeles Co., Cal. 

Co. I. Still Living. 

ist Sergt. William Pierce. . . ,. . . .,. .,...., Mo. 

Sergt. Charles Beckelshimer Mo. 

Sergt. John B. Grewell Ipava, 111. 

Corp'l. John V. Cooper ,.,,... Macomb, 111. 

Corp'l. William Holt ., Bernadotte, 111. 

Corp'l. John C. Hillyer Ipava, 111. 

Corp'l. Thomas K. Parkinson". , Riverside, Cal. 

Musc'n. Walter Gustine Table Grove, 111. 

Prv't. Americus Ames. Duncans Mills, 111. 



293 

Prv't. Geo. Bevard Smithfield, III. 

Prv't. Henry Coons Marietta, 111. 

Prv't. John M. Littleton . .,. Ipava, 111. 

Prv't. Isaac France .Vermont, 111. 

Prv't. Joseph Parkinson Lincoln, Neb. 

Prv't. Ebenezer T. Kimball. ., Knowlton, Iowa. 

Co. K. Still Living. 

1st Sergt. Patrick Barry. 207 Chase Ave., Joliet, 111. 

I St Sergt. James Stickler Canton, 111. 

I St Sergt. Louis T. Ketchum Canton, 111. 

Corp'l. Jacob Gibson 

Corp'l. John Briley Ind. 

Corp'l. John P. Prentiss Canton, 111. 

Mus'n. Daniel Wheeler Fiatt, 111. 

Prv't. Emanuel Custer. . . ., Farmington, 111. 

Prv't. Samuel R. Holt Smithfield, 111. 

Prv't. John W. Harper Canton, 111. 

Prv't. William Haller Canton, 111. 

Prv't. Martin Hughes Breeds, 111. 

Prv't. Clark Harder Colchester, 111. 

Prv't. George Jackson Canton, 111. 

Prv't. Geo. Lockwood Canton, 111. 

Prv't. Thomas C. McMillan. Monterey, 111. 

Prv't. Geo. W. Minnick Canton, 111. 

Prv't. Joseph Regnold Memphis, 111. 

Prv't. Bryan Scanlan Lewistown, 111. 

Prv't. Jeremiah B. Vion . Canton, 111. 






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